The Hurricane

Drama
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.
Budget : 50000000USD
language : en
Runtime : 146 min
Release Date : 1999-09-17
Imdb ID : tt0174856
Status : Released

Cast

Denzel Washington
Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Vicellous Shannon
Lesra Martin

Deborah Kara Unger
Lisa Peters

Liev Schreiber
Sam Chaiton

John Hannah
Terry

Dan Hedaya
Della Pesca

Debbi Morgan
Mae Thelma

Clancy Brown
Lt. Jimmy Williams

David Paymer
Myron Bedlock

Harris Yulin
Leon Friedman

Rod Steiger
Judge Sarokin

Badja Djola
Mobutu

Vincent Pastore
Alfred Bello

Al Waxman
Warden

David Lansbury
U.S. Court Prosecutor

Garland Whitt
John Artis

Chuck Cooper
Earl Martin

Brenda Denmark
Alma Martin

Marcia Bennett
Jean Wahl

Beatrice Winde
Louise Cockersham

Mitchell Taylor Jr.
Young Rubin Carter

Bill Raymond
Paterson Judge

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

Tonye Patano
Woman at Prison

Fulvio Cecere
Paterson Policeman

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

Ben Hernandez Bray
Joey Giardello

Mike Justus
Joey Cooper

Kenneth McGregor
Detective at Hospital

Frank Proctor
Pittsburgh Ring Announcer

Peter Wylie
Pittsburgh Referee

David Gray
Pittsburgh TV Announcer

Joe Matheson
Philadelphia Ring Announcer

Bill Lake
Philadelphia TV Announcer

Robin Ward
Reading, PA. TV Announcer

Pippa Pearthree
Patty Valentine

Jean Daigle
Detective

Rob Evans
Detective at Lafayette Bar

Scott Gibson
Reporter at Banquet

Ann Holloway
Cashier

Bruce McFee
Prison Guard

Conrad Bergschneider
Prison Guard

Zoran Radusinovic
Prison 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

Satori Shakoor
Prison Guard

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

Harry Davis
Reading, PA. Referee

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Reviews

Geronimo1967
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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