Mo' Better Blues
Mo' Better Blues
Release: 1990-08-03
·Runtime: 129m
·★ 6.5
Drama
Music
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Universal Pictures
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Steve White
as Born Knowledge
Leon Addison Brown
as Smith
Tracy Camilla Johns
as Club Patron
Wesley Snipes
as Shadow Henderson (Sax)
Joie Lee
as Indigo
Leonard L. Thomas
as Rod
Angela Hall
as Cora
Spike Lee
as Giant
Bill Nunn
as Bottom Hammer
Nicholas Turturro
as Josh Flatbush
Giancarlo Esposito
as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)
Robin Harris
as Butterbean Jones
Denzel Washington
as Bleek Gilliam
Dick Anthony Williams
as Big Stop Williams
Diahann Carroll
as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)
Raymond Anthony Thomas
as Joe (as Raymond Thomas)
Branford Marsalis
as Party Guest
John Canada Terrell
as Club Patron
Bill Lee
as Father of the Bride
Doug E. Doug
as Jimmy the Busboy (as Douglas Bourne)
Candace Kirkpatrick
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Cynda Williams
as Clarke Bentancourt
Charlie Murphy
as Eggy
Raye Dowell
as Rita
Deon Richmond
as Tyrone
Scot Anthony Robinson
as Cooley
Samuel L. Jackson
as Madlock
Abbey Lincoln
as Lillian Gilliam
Coati Mundi
as Roberto
Flavor Flav
as Impatient Movie Patron
Joe Seneca
as Big Stop's Friend
John Turturro
as Moe Flatbush
Rubén Blades
as Petey
