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Mo' Better Blues

  • Movie
  • 1990
  • R
  • 2h 9m

Directed by Spike Lee

6.5

TMDB audience rating
6.5 out of 10 from 268 votes

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Overview

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.

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Play trailer: Mo' Better Blues Official Trailer #1 - Giancarlo Esposito Movie (1990) HD

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Cast and crew

  • Denzel Washington

    Denzel WashingtonBleek Gilliam

  • Spike Lee

    Spike LeeGiant

  • Wesley Snipes

    Wesley SnipesShadow Henderson (Sax)

  • Giancarlo Esposito

    Giancarlo EspositoLeft Hand Lacey (Piano)

  • Robin Harris

    Robin HarrisButterbean Jones

  • Joie Lee

    Joie LeeIndigo

  • Bill Nunn

    Bill NunnBottom Hammer

  • John Turturro

    John TurturroMoe Flatbush

  • Dick Anthony Williams

    Dick Anthony WilliamsBig Stop Williams

  • Cynda Williams

    Cynda WilliamsClarke Bentancourt

  • Nicholas Turturro

    Nicholas TurturroJosh Flatbush

  • Samuel L. Jackson

    Samuel L. JacksonMadlock

  • Leonard L. Thomas

    Leonard L. ThomasRod

  • Charlie Murphy

    Charlie MurphyEggy

  • Rubén Blades

    Rubén BladesPetey

  • Abbey Lincoln

    Abbey LincolnLillian Gilliam

  • Linda HawkinsJeanne

  • Coati Mundi

    Coati MundiRoberto

Director
Spike Lee
Writer
Spike Lee
Music
Bill Lee
Cinematography
Ernest R. Dickerson