The Hurricane

Released Year: 1999

Certificate: R

Runtime: 146 minutes

Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 74

Director: Norman Jewison

Stars: Denzel Washington, Vicellous Shannon, Deborah Kara Unger, Liev Schreiber

No of Votes: 91557

Gross: 50668906

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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