Always Outnumbered (1998)
- Starring:
- Laurence Fishburne, Bill Cobbs, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Apted
- Category:
- Television
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Michael Apted (Gorillas in the Mist) directed this Walter Mosley script adaptation of Mosley's short story collection, Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned. Ex-con Socrates Fortlow (Laurence Fishburne) returns to L.A., looks for work, becomes friends with Right Burke (Bill Cobbs), is told he's too old for a construction job, helps youngster Darryl (Daniel Williams), and romances cafe-owner Iula Brown (Natalie Cole). Socrates provides a moral uplift to the neighborhood, while Burke's voiceover narration has a Sunset Boulevard twist. The TV movie premiered March 21, 1998 on HBO. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 108 mins
Complete Cast:
- Laurence Fishburne - Socrates Fortlow
- Natalie Cole - Iula Brown
- Laurie Metcalf - Halley Grimes
- Daniel Williams - Darryl
- Bill Nunn - Howard M'Shalla
- Isaiah Washington
- Art Evans
- Brooke Marie Bridges
- Perry Moore
- Danny Goldring
- Paula Jai Parker
- Kelvin Garvanne
- Mykel Taylor
- Erika LaVonn
- John Cothran, Jr.
- Greg Bird
- Regan Forman
- Darren O'Bannon
- Lawrence Hales
- Jason Young
- Bill Cobbs - Right Burke
- Bill Duke - Blackbird Wills
- Cicely Tyson - Luvia
- Alan Wilder - Anton Crier
- Bridgid Coulter - Corina M'Shalla
- Kevin Carroll
- Jamaal Carter
- John Gavigan
- Sammi Rotibi
- Dan Martin
- Vonte Sweet
- Crystal LaPrie
- Mary-Michelle Trinity
- John Wesley
- Sonya Haynes
- Norm Wilson
- Zaid Farid
- Maurice Blake
- David Gramling
- John Toles-Bey - Stoney Wiley
- Director(s):
- Michael Apted
- Writer(s):
- Walter Mosley
- Producer(s):
- Anne-Marie Mackay, Jonathon Ker
- Categories:
- Television
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