The Hurricane
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Director(s)
Norman Jewison
Samantha Armstrong
Cast & crew
Norman Jewison
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Liev Schreiber
Sam Chaiton
Clancy Brown
Lt. Jimmy Williams
Dan Hedaya
Della Pesca
Fulvio Cecere
Paterson Policeman
Scott Gibson
Reporter at Banquet
Chuck Cooper
Earl Martin
Denzel Washington
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Deborah Kara Unger
Lisa Peters
Beatrice Winde
Louise Cockersham
Debbi Morgan
Mae Thelma
Conrad Bergschneider
Prison Guard
Robin Ward
Reading, PA. TV Announcer
Samantha Armstrong
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Rod Steiger
Judge Sarokin
Ben Hernandez Bray
Joey Giardello
Bill Raymond
Paterson Judge
Jean Daigle
Detective
Peter Wylie
Pittsburgh Referee
Bruce McFee
Prison Guard
David Paymer
Myron Bedlock
Tonye Patano
Woman at Prison
Badja Djola
Mobutu
Al Waxman
Warden
David Lansbury
U.S. Court Prosecutor
Vicellous Shannon
Lesra Martin
John Hannah
Terry
Harris Yulin
Leon Friedman
Vincent Pastore
Alfred Bello
Garland Whitt
John Artis
Brenda Denmark
Alma Martin
Marcia Bennett
Jean Wahl
Mitchell Taylor Jr.
Young Rubin Carter
Merwin Goldsmith
Judge Larner
John A. MacKay
Man at Falls
Donnique Privott
Boy at the Falls
Moynan King
Tina Barbieri
Gary DeWitt Marshall
Nite Spot Cabbie
John Christopher Jones
Reporter at Bar
Gwendolyn Mulamba
Nite Spot Woman
Richard M. Davidson
Paterson Detective
George T. Odom
Big Ed
Phillip Jarrett
Soldier #1 in U.S.O. Club
Rodney "Bear" Jackson
Soldier #2 in U.S.O. Club
Judi Embden
Woman in U.S.O. Club
Terry Claybon
Emile Griffith
Mike Justus
Joey Cooper
Kenneth McGregor
Detective at Hospital
Frank Proctor
Pittsburgh Ring Announcer
David Wm Gray
Pittsburgh TV Announcer (as David Gray)
Joe Matheson
Philadelphia Ring Announcer
Bill Lake
Philadelphia TV Announcer
Harry Davis
Reading, PA. Referee
Pippa Pearthree
Patty Valentine
Rob Evans
Detective at Lafayette Bar
Ann Holloway
Cashier
Satori Shakoor
Prison Guard
Zoran Radusinovic
Prison Guard
Stephen Lee Wright
Prisoner Guard
Michael Bodnar
Prison Guard
Carson Manning
Prison Guard
Debrah Ellen Waller
Prison Guard
Richard Litt
Prison Guard
Adam Large
Prison Guard
Peter Graham
Prisoner with Camera
George Masswohl
Mechanic
Lawrence Sacco
New Jersey Policeman
David Frisch
New Jersey Policeman
Ralph Brown
Federal Court Assistant Prosecutor
Dyron Holmes
Reporter
Ryan Williams
Elstan Martin
Bruce Vavrina
St. Joseph's Doctor
Brenda Braxton
Dancer with John Artis
Christopher Riordan
Jury Foreman
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
Denzel Washington is really quite convincing here as the real-life boxer Ruben Carter who fought his way from poverty to a crack at the title only for it to be snatched away from him. That’s because he happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and swiftly found himself on the wrong end of a triple life sentence for murder. With the authorities quite happy that the right man (or, indeed, any man) is locked up for these crimes, nobody is interested in paroling him let alone hearing any appeals. Things might be about to change, though, when the young Lesra (Vicellous Shannon) reads of his case and together with a few of his own mentors, decides that he is going to strive to prove Carter’s innocence. What’s quite clear is that his incarceration has robbed Carter of any semblance of faith in the system, and his anger is barely disguised as his contempt becomes more ingrained and his despair more entrenched. The young Lesra does, however, manage to make him see that there is always hope, even when it’s clear that for the establishment, admitting it is/was wrong is simply not on it’s agenda. To add to the complications, there are also some more venal aspects enthusiastic for him to remain in jail and finally there is the convicting sheriff (Dan Hedaya) who is as racist as it’s possible to get, and who has no intention of seeing his quarry ever escape from behind bars. There are a few solid supporting roles from Liev Schrieber and briefly from Rod Steiger - though not so much from the curiously cast John Hannah - to support this developing critique on the flawed justice system that put him there, and though there’s no actual jeopardy to the conclusion of the story, Norman Jewison and Washington do still manage to keep this interesting for much of it’s admittedly overlong two and an half hours as it spotlights racial discrimination and hatred hiding in plain sight. It drags a little at times, but for the most part is quite a compelling drama.
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