Always Outnumbered
| Always Outnumbered | |
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| Based on |
Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley |
| Written by | Walter Mosley |
| Directed by | Michael Apted |
| Starring | Laurence Fishburne |
| Theme music composer | Michael Franti |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Jeffrey Downer Laurence Fishburne Jonathon Ker Jeanney Kim Anne-Marie Mackay Helen McCusker Walter Mosley |
| Editor(s) | Rick Shaine |
| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Running time | 104 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
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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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