The Hurricane
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The Hurricane (1999)

15
24/03/2000 (GB)
Drama
2h 26m

His greatest fight was for justice.

Overview

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

  • Norman JewisonDirector
  • Armyan BernsteinScreenplay
  • Dan GordonScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $50,000,000

  • Revenue

    $73,956,241

Keywords

  • prison
  • new jersey
  • 1970s
  • boxer
  • affectation
  • melancholy
  • boxing school
  • biography
  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • hard
  • angry
  • aggressive
  • 1960s
  • boxing
  • legal drama
  • legal thriller
  • absurd
  • admiring
  • adoring
  • defiant
  • demeaning
  • familiar
  • scathing
  • tragic
  • vibrant

Top Billed Cast

Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Vicellous Shannon

Vicellous Shannon

Lesra Martin

Deborah Kara Unger

Deborah Kara Unger

Lisa Peters

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Sam Chaiton

John Hannah

John Hannah

Terry

Dan Hedaya

Dan Hedaya

Della Pesca

Debbi Morgan

Debbi Morgan

Mae Thelma

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Lt. Jimmy Williams

David Paymer

David Paymer

Myron Bedlock

Harris Yulin

Harris Yulin

Leon Friedman

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