
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.
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Crew
DirectorNorman Jewison
WriterDan Gordon, Armyan Bernstein
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
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Keywords
prisonnew jersey1970sboxeraffectationmelancholyboxing schoolbiographybased on true storybased on memoir or autobiographyhardangryaggressive1960sboxinglegal dramalegal thrillerabsurdadmiringadoring
Details
Budget
$50M
Revenue
$74M
TMDb Votes
1,519
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 3, 2026
















