
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
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 Wm Gray
Pittsburgh TV Announcer (as David Gray)
Joe Matheson
Philadelphia Ring Announcer

Bill Lake
Philadelphia TV Announcer

Robin Ward
Reading, PA. TV Announcer
Harry Davis
Reading, PA. Referee

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

Satori Shakoor
Prison Guard
Zoran Radusinovic
Prison Guard
Stephen Lee Wright
Prisoner 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

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
Crew

Norman Jewison
Director, Producer

Armyan Bernstein
Screenplay, Producer

Dan Gordon
Screenplay
Terry Swinton
Book
Sam Chaiton
Book
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
Novel

Stephen E. Rivkin
Editor

Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Thomas A. Bliss
Executive Producer

Tom Rosenberg
Executive Producer
Rudy Langlais
Executive Producer
William Teitler
Executive Producer

Irving Azoff
Executive Producer
Marc Abraham
Executive Producer
John Ketcham
Producer

Jon Jashni
Co-Producer
Michael Jewison
Co-Producer
Suzann Ellis
Co-Producer
Jean-Yves Asselin
Line Producer
Philip Rosenberg
Production Design

Avy Kaufman
Casting
Robin D. Cook
Casting
Winnie D. Brown
Costume Supervisor

Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
John Caglione Jr.
Makeup Department Head
Irene Kent
Makeup Artist

Christopher Young
Original Music Composer
Gordon Sim
Set Decoration
Samantha Armstrong
Script Supervisor

Shelley Cook
Stunts
Mike Justus
Utility Stunts

Branko Racki
Stunt Double
Dennis Davenport
Art Direction
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