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Comedy Crime
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Director Ted Demme
Trailer
Cast
Anthony Anderson
Cookie
Dawn Robinson
Club Crooner
Ned Vaughn
Young Sheriff Pike
R. Lee Ermey
Older Sheriff Pike
Oscar Jordan
Juke Joint Guitarist
Nick Cassavetes
Sergeant Dillard
Don Harvey
Man with Lantern
Venus DeMilo Thomas
Juke Joint Waitress
Sydney 'Big Dawg' Colston
Henchman (uncredited)
Walter K. Jordan
Slim
Hal Havins
Billy
Guy Torry
Radio
Noah Emmerich
Stan Blocker
Hildy Brooks
Nurse Doherty
Ned Beatty
Dexter Wilkins
Brooks Almy
Billy's Mama
Jordan Mahome
Gang Banger
Sanaa Lathan
Daisy
Kimble Jemison
Gang Banger
Jordan Lund
Funeral Chaplain
Steve Boyles
Mule Cart Driver
Obba Babatundé
Willie Long
Brent Jennings
Hoppin' Bob
O'Neal Compton
Superintendant Abernathy
Armelia McQueen
Mrs. Clay
Bernie Mac
Jangle Leg
Lisa Nicole Carson
Sylvia
Martin Lawrence
Claude Banks
Heavy D
Jake
William S. Taylor
Bagman (as William Taylor)
Betty Murphy
Mrs. Abernathy
Barry Shabaka Henley
Pokerface
Poppy Montgomery
Older Mae Rose Abernathy
Sean Lampkin
Trustee at Line
Bokeem Woodbine
Can't Get Right
Ernie Lee Banks
Bathroom Attendant
Eddie Murphy
Rayford Gibson
Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Biscuit
Clarence Williams III
Winston Hancock
Rick James
Spanky Johnson
Keith Burke
Shady Cardplayer
Haskell V. Anderson III
Junkie (as Haskell Vaughn Anderson III)