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Always Outnumbered

Always Outnumbered

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Always Outnumbered

"In every man's soul hides a hero."

1998

1h 44m

6.4(31 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

An ex-con moves to L.A. to find work and creates a disturbance by fighting for a position. More importantly he touches the lives of many of his neighbors including an older man dying of cancer, a young married couple whose husband is too proud to accept a lesser position which causes strife with his wife, and a young boy on the verge of getting in trouble with street gangs.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

Socrates Fortlow

Daniel Williams

Darryl

Bill Cobbs

Bill Cobbs

Right Burke

Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole

Iula Brown

Laurie Metcalf

Laurie Metcalf

Halley Grimes

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Luvia

Bridgid Coulter

Bridgid Coulter

Corina M'Shalla

Bill Nunn

Bill Nunn

Howard M'Shalla

Isaiah Washington

Isaiah Washington

Wilfred

Bill Duke

Bill Duke

Blackbird Wills

Creative team

Directed by: Michael Apted
Produced by: Jeanney Kim
Anne-Marie Mackay

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