The Hurricane
His greatest fight was for justice.
7.4(1,552) 1999-09-17 146 minDrama
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
DirectorNorman Jewison
ProducerNorman Jewison
ProducerArmyan Bernstein
ProducerJohn Ketcham
ScreenplayDan Gordon
ScreenplayArmyan Bernstein
Original Music ComposerChristopher Young
Cast & characters
Denzel Washington
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Vicellous Shannon
as Lesra Martin
Deborah Kara Unger
as Lisa Peters
Liev Schreiber
as Sam Chaiton
John Hannah
as Terry
Dan Hedaya
as Della Pesca
Debbi Morgan
as Mae Thelma
Clancy Brown
as Lt. Jimmy Williams
David Paymer
as Myron Bedlock
Harris Yulin
as Leon Friedman
Rod Steiger
as Judge Sarokin
Badja Djola
as Mobutu
Vincent Pastore
as Alfred Bello
Al Waxman
as Warden
David Lansbury
as U.S. Court Prosecutor
Garland Whitt
as John Artis
Chuck Cooper
as Earl Martin
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Brenda Denmark
as Alma Martin
Marcia Bennett
as Jean Wahl
Beatrice Winde
as Louise Cockersham
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Mitchell Taylor Jr.
as Young Rubin Carter
Bill Raymond
as Paterson Judge
Merwin Goldsmith
as Judge Larner
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John A. MacKay
as Man at Falls
