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