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The Hurricane is a 1999 American biographical sports drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison. The film stars Denzel Washington as Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, a former middleweight boxer who was wrongly convicted for a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. The script was adapted by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon from Carter's 1974 autobiography The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472 and the 1991 non-fiction work Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.

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1999 · 2h 26m · Drama

TMDB 7.4/10 (1,553 votes)

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.

Directed by Norman Jewison

Box office $74M worldwide

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Norman JewisonDirector

Denzel Washingtonas Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

Vicellous Shannonas Lesra Martin

Deborah Kara Ungeras Lisa Peters

Liev Schreiberas Sam Chaiton

John Hannahas Terry

Dan Hedayaas Della Pesca

Debbi Morganas Mae Thelma

Clancy Brownas Lt. Jimmy Williams

David Paymeras Myron Bedlock

Harris Yulinas Leon Friedman

Rod Steigeras Judge Sarokin

Badja Djolaas Mobutu

Vincent Pastoreas Alfred Bello

Al Waxmanas Warden

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The Hurricane is a 1999 American biographical sports drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison. The film stars Denzel Washington as Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter, a former middleweight boxer who was wrongly convicted for a triple murder in a bar in Paterson, New Jersey. The script was adapted by Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon from Carter's 1974 autobiography The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472 and the 1991 non-fiction work Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton.

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