Directed by:
E. Max FryeScreenplay:
E. Max FryeCinematography:
Walt LloydComposer:
Richard GibbsCast:
Samuel L. Jackson, Nicolas Cage, Michael Lerner, Margaret Colin, Dabney Coleman, Brad Dourif, Giancarlo Esposito, Loretta Devine, Bob Balaban, Jodi Long (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
A wealthy black playwright is mistaken for a robber while moving into an all-white neighborhood. To cover up the mistake, the police chief arranges for a petty career criminal to pretend to hold the playwright hostage, but doesn't plan on them becoming friends. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Samuel L. Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/226/165226565_1b77e1.jpg)
Samuel L. Jackson
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Django Unchained (2012)
Goodfellas (1990)
![Nicolas Cage](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/033/165033056_5fbfce.jpg)
Nicolas Cage
USA
Best movies:
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Lord of War (2005)
The Rock (1996)
![Michael Lerner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272518_4e2165.jpg)
Michael Lerner
USA
Best movies:
Barton Fink (1991)
Outlaw Blues (1977)
Newsies (1992)
![Margaret Colin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270897_2b4ec5.jpg)
Margaret Colin
USA
Best movies:
Independence Day (1996)
True Believer (1989)
Blue Car (2002)
![Dabney Coleman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271186_41a411.jpg)
Dabney Coleman
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
On Golden Pond (1981)
Tootsie (1982)
![Brad Dourif](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/882/166882957_454f48.jpg)
Brad Dourif
USA
Best movies:
![Giancarlo Esposito](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245407_fcdc01.jpg)
Giancarlo Esposito
Denmark
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series)
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Night on Earth (1991)
![Loretta Devine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/360/164360030_c551be.png)
Loretta Devine
USA
Best movies:
Crash (2004)
I Am Sam (2001)
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (1996) (TV movie)
![Bob Balaban](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/886/163886862_f63e91.jpg)
Bob Balaban
USA
Best movies:
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
![Jodi Long](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/246/160246231_60608a.jpg)
Jodi Long
USA
Best movies:
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
The Bedroom Window (1987)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Aimee Graham
USA
Best movies:
Jackie Brown (1997)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Brokedown Palace (1999)
![Tracey Walter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279770_3b0310.jpg)
Tracey Walter
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Serpico (1973)
![Chelcie Ross](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279940_b2ec42.jpg)
Chelcie Ross
USA
Best movies:
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
The Untouchables (1987)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Scott Mactavish
Best movies:
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
![Jordan Lund](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/469/160469870_eaa4f8.jpg)
Jordan Lund
USA
Best movies:
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
The Bucket List (2007)
Prey (1998) (series)
Ron Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
Rover Dangerfield (1991)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
I.M. Hobson
USA
Best movies:
All That Jazz (1979)
Dracula (1992)
Barton Fink (1991)
Allison Mackie
USA
Best movies:
Gia (1998) (TV movie)
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
The Gymnast (2006)
Jeff Blumenkrantz
USA
Best movies:
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1999)
The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Anastasia (1997)