"The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence."
Denzel Washington
as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
Vicellous Shannon
as Lesra Martin
Deborah Kara Unger
as Lisa Peters
Liev Schreiber
as Sam Chaiton
John Hannah
as Terry
Dan Hedaya
as Della Pesca
Debbi Morgan
as Mae Thelma
Clancy Brown
as Lt. Jimmy Williams
David Paymer
as Myron Bedlock
Harris Yulin
as Leon Friedman
Rod Steiger
as Judge Sarokin
Badja Djola
as Mobutu
Vincent Pastore
as Alfred Bello
Al Waxman
as Warden
David Lansbury
as U.S. Court Prosecutor
Garland Whitt
as John Artis
Chuck Cooper
as Earl Martin
Brenda Denmark
as Alma Martin
Marcia Bennett
as Jean Wahl
Beatrice Winde
as Louise Cockersham
Mitchell Taylor Jr.
as Young Rubin Carter
Bill Raymond
as Paterson Judge
Merwin Goldsmith
as Judge Larner
John A. MacKay
as Man at Falls
Donnique Privott
as Boy at the Falls
Moynan King
as Tina Barbieri
Gary DeWitt Marshall
as Nite Spot Cabbie
John Christopher Jones
as Reporter at Bar
Gwendolyn Mulamba
as Nite Spot Woman
Richard M. Davidson
as Paterson Detective
George T. Odom
as Big Ed
Tonye Patano
as Woman at Prison
Fulvio Cecere
as Paterson Policeman
Phillip Jarrett
as Soldier #1 in U.S.O. Club
Rodney "Bear" Jackson
as Soldier #2 in U.S.O. Club
Judi Embden
as Woman in U.S.O. Club
Terry Claybon
as Emile Griffith
Ben Hernandez Bray
as Joey Giardello
Mike Justus
as Joey Cooper
Kenneth McGregor
as Detective at Hospital
Frank Proctor
as Pittsburgh Ring Announcer
Peter Wylie
as Pittsburgh Referee
David Gray
as Pittsburgh TV Announcer
Joe Matheson
as Philadelphia Ring Announcer
Bill Lake
as Philadelphia TV Announcer
Robin Ward
as Reading, PA. TV Announcer
Pippa Pearthree
as Patty Valentine
Jean Daigle
as Detective
Rob Evans
as Detective at Lafayette Bar
Scott Gibson
as Reporter at Banquet
Ann Holloway
as Cashier
Bruce McFee
as Prison Guard
Conrad Bergschneider
Zoran Radusinovic
Michael Bodnar
Carson Manning
Debrah Ellen Waller
Richard Litt
Adam Large
Peter Graham
as Prisoner with Camera
Satori Shakoor
George Masswohl
as Mechanic
Lawrence Sacco
as New Jersey Policeman
David Frisch
Ralph Brown
as Federal Court Assistant Prosecutor
Dyron Holmes
as Reporter
Ryan Williams
as Elstan Martin
Bruce Vavrina
as St. Joseph's Doctor
Brenda Braxton
as Dancer with John Artis
Christopher Riordan
as Jury Foreman
Harry Davis
as Reading, PA. Referee
Stephen E. Rivkin
Editor
John Ketcham
Producer
Norman Jewison
Armyan Bernstein
Screenplay
Director
Dan Gordon
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter
Novel
Christopher Young
Original Music Composer
Terry Swinton
Book
Sam Chaiton
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
Samantha Armstrong
Script Supervisor
Philip Rosenberg
Production Design
Gordon Sim
Set Decoration
Dennis Davenport
Art Direction
Avy Kaufman
Casting
Winnie D. Brown
Costume Supervisor
Robin D. Cook
Irene Kent
Makeup Artist
John Caglione Jr.
Makeup Department Head
Branko Racki
Stunt Double
Shelley Cook
Stunts
Thomas A. Bliss
Executive Producer
Tom Rosenberg
Rudy Langlais
Jon Jashni
Co-Producer
William Teitler
Irving Azoff
Jean-Yves Asselin
Line Producer
Michael Jewison
Marc Abraham
Suzann Ellis
Utility Stunts