Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Mo' Better Blues
4.3
  •   6
  • Genre: Drama Music
  • Running time: 129 min
  • Premiere: 3rd of August 1990

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

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Cast

Samuel L. Jackson
as Madlock
Denzel Washington
as Bleek Gilliam
John Canada Terrell
as Club Patron
Giancarlo Esposito
as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Wesley Snipes
as Shadow Henderson (Sax)
John Turturro
as Moe Flatbush
Nicholas Turturro
as Josh Flatbush
Rubén Blades
as Petey
Spike Lee
as Giant
Bill Nunn
as Bottom Hammer
Leonard L. Thomas
as Rod
Charlie Murphy
as Eggy
Deon Richmond
as Tyrone
Diahann Carroll
as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
Doug E. Doug
as Jimmy the Busboy (as Douglas Bourne)
Raymond Anthony Thomas
as Joe (as Raymond Thomas)
Flavor Flav
as Impatient Movie Patron
Dick Anthony Williams
as Big Stop Williams
Joe Seneca
as Big Stop's Friend
Joie Lee
as Indigo
Robin Harris
as Butterbean Jones
Tracy Camilla Johns
as Club Patron
Raye Dowell
as Rita
Coati Mundi
as Roberto
Steve White
as Born Knowledge
Cynda Williams
as Clarke Bentancourt
Leon Addison Brown
as Smith
Branford Marsalis
as Party Guest
Abbey Lincoln
as Lillian Gilliam
Angela Hall
as Cora
Candace Kirkpatrick
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Scot Anthony Robinson
as Cooley
Bill Lee
as Father of the Bride

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