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.
Drama
Universal Pictures, Beacon Communications, Azoff Entertainment
Denzel Washington as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Vicellous Reon Shannon as Lesra Martin, Deborah Kara Unger as Lisa Peters, Liev Schreiber as Sam Chaiton, John Hannah as Terry, Dan Hedaya as Della Pesca, Debbi Morgan as Mae Thelma, Clancy Brown as Lt. Jimmy Williams, David Paymer as Myron Bedlock, Harris Yulin as Leon Friedman, Rod Steiger as Judge Sarokin, Badja Djola as Mobutu, Vincent Pastore as Alfred Bello, Al Waxman as Warden, David Lansbury as U.S. Court Prosecutor, Garland Whitt as John Artis, Chuck Cooper as Earl Martin, Brenda Denmark as Alma Martin, Marcia Bennett as Jean Wahl, Beatrice Winde as Louise Cockersham, Mitchell Taylor Jr. as Young Rubin Carter, Bill Raymond as Paterson Judge, Merwin Goldsmith as Judge Larner, John A. MacKay as Man at Falls, Donnique Privott as Boy at the Falls, Moynan King as Tina Barbieri, Gary DeWitt Marshall as Nite Spot Cabbie, John Christopher Jones as Reporter at Bar, Gwendolyn Mulamba as Nite Spot Woman, Richard M. Davidson as Paterson Detective, George T. Odom as Big Ed, Tonye Patano as Woman at Prison, Fulvio Cecere as Paterson Policeman, Phillip Jarrett as Soldier #1 in U.S.O. Club, Rodney "Bear" Jackson as Soldier #2 in U.S.O. Club, Judi Embden as Woman in U.S.O. Club, Terry Claybon as Emile Griffith, Ben Bray as Joey Giardello, Michael Justus as Joey Cooper, Kenneth McGregor as Detective at Hospital, Frank Proctor as Pittsburgh Ring Announcer, Peter Wylie as Pittsburgh Referee, David Gray as Pittsburgh TV Announcer, Joe Matheson as Philadelphia Ring Announcer, Bill Lake as Philadelphia TV Announcer, Robin Ward as Reading, PA. TV Announcer, Pippa Pearthree as Patty Valentine, Jean Daigle as Detective, Rob Evans as Detective at Lafayette Bar, Scott Gibson as Reporter at Banquet, Ann Holloway as Cashier, Bruce McFee as Prison Guard, Conrad Bergschneider as Prison Guard, Satori Shakoor as , Zoran Radusinovic as , Michael Bodnar as , Carson Manning as , Debrah Ellen Waller as , Richard Litt as , Adam Large as , Peter Graham as Prisoner with Camera, Satori Shakoor as Prison Guard, Zoran Radusinovic as Prison Guard, Stephen Lee Wright as Prison Guard, Michael Bodnar as Prison Guard, Carson Manning as Prison Guard, Debrah Ellen Waller as Prison Guard, Richard Litt as Prison Guard, Adam Large as Prison Guard, George Masswohl as Mechanic, Lawrence Sacco as New Jersey Policeman, David Frisch as New Jersey Policeman, Ralph Brown as Federal Court Assistant Prosecutor, Dyron Holmes as Reporter, Ryan Williams as Elstan Martin, Bruce Vavrina as St. Joseph's Doctor, Brenda Braxton as Dancer with John Artis, Christopher Riordan as Jury Foreman, Harry Davis as Reading, PA. Referee