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Wikipedia article
'Always Outnumbered' (also known as 'Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned') 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
* Laurie Metcalf - Halley Grimes
* Bill Nunn - Howard M'Shalla
* Bridgid Coulter - Corina M'Shalla
* Isaiah Washington - Wilfred
* Bill Duke - Blackbird Willis
* Kevin Carroll - Pegus
* Jamaal Carter - Phillip
* John Toles-Bey - Stoney Wiley
* Brooke Marie Bridges - Winnie M'Shalla
* John Gavigan - Mr. Keene
* Perry Moore - Kiko
* Sammi Rotibi - Marlow Bitta
* Art Evans - Markham Peale
* Danny Goldring - Parker
* Dan Martin - Weems
* Paula Jai Parker - Melodie
See also
* List of hood films
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