Always Outnumbered
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| Directed by | Michael Apted |
| Produced by |
Jeffrey Downer Laurence Fishburne Jonathon Ker Jeanney Kim Anne-Marie Mackay Helen McCusker Walter Mosley |
| Written by | Walter Mosley |
| Based on |
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley |
| Starring | Laurence Fishburne |
| Music by | Michael Franti |
| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Editing by | Rick Shaine |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | HBO |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 104 minutes |
Always Outnumbered is a television film based on the novel Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by author Walter Mosley. It first aired on pay television channel HBO in 1998.
Plot
The film stars Laurence Fishburne as aging ex-con Socrates Fortlow, who after a long incarceration, is trying hard to make a new life and to accept the regrets of his past. Meanwhile, he meets a young boy named Darryl, who witnessed a boy murdered by a friend of his. He also has to deal with his best friend's deteriorating health and finding work.
Cast
- Laurence Fishburne - Socrates Fortlow
- Bill Cobbs - Right Burke
- Natalie Cole - Iula Brown
- Daniel Williams - Darryl
- Cicely Tyson - Luvia
- Bill Nunn - Howard M'Shalla
- Bridgid Coulter - Corina M'Shalla
- Isaiah Washington - Wilfred
- Bill Duke - Blackbird Willis
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