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Director:

Bill Duke

Writers (WGA):

Chester Himes (novel)
John Toles-Bey (screenplay) ...
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Contact:

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Release Date:

3 May 1991 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Crime more

Plot:

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang... more | add synopsis

Awards:

1 nomination more

NewsDesk:
(3 articles)

Zakes Mokae obituary
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 10 November 2009, 10:45 AM, PST)

Not Easily Broken
 (From The AV Club. 8 January 2009, 1:03 PM, PST)

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Yeech! more (8 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Forest Whitaker ... Jackson

Gregory Hines ... Goldy
Robin Givens ... Imabelle
Zakes Mokae ... Big Kathy

Danny Glover ... Easy Money
Badja Djola ... Slim

John Toles-Bey ... Jodie
Tyler Collins ... Teena
Ron Taylor ... Hank
Samm-Art Williams ... Gus Parsons
Stack Pierce ... Coffin Ed

Willard E. Pugh ... Claude X
Helen Martin ... Mrs. Canfield
Wendell Pierce ... Louis
T.K. Carter ... Smitty
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Additional Details

Runtime:

Spain:108 min | USA:115 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Company:

Miramax Films more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Vanessa Williams, Pam Grier, Olivia Brown and Jasmine Guy all auditioned for the role of Imabelle. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Tyson (2008) more


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6 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
Yeech!, 12 January 2005
1/10
Author: alex20850 from Rockville, MD

Nasty, unforgiving, unrelenting blood sport. I watch war movies and don't bat an eye except for Saving Private Ryan, but this is downright sickening. I went because I liked Forrest Whittaker, but it was so savage, so sick with violence just for violent's sake that I was shocked. I also took a date and it was lucky that we had seen other movies together because she would have had real doubts about me if this was my kind of movie. The movie reminded me of news stories about people killing puppies and torturing cats. I still have nightmares about this movie. The reviewer for the Washington Post at the time called it an urban comedy. If this is his version of a comedy, I never want to see another one.

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