Mo' Better Blues
251 reviews
Drama/Music
2h 9m
1990
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...
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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.
- DirectorSpike Lee
- Release3 August 1990
- Genre
- Duration2h 9m
- Budget$10,000,000
- Revenue$16,153,593
- Rate251 reviews
- Productions
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Universal Pictures
Cast

Denzel Washington
Bleek Gilliam

Spike Lee
Giant

Wesley Snipes
Shadow Henderson (Sax)

Giancarlo Esposito
Left Hand Lacey (Piano)

Robin Harris
Butterbean Jones

Joie Lee
Indigo

Bill Nunn
Bottom Hammer

John Turturro
Moe Flatbush

Dick Anthony Williams
Big Stop Williams

Cynda Williams
Clarke Bentancourt

Nicholas Turturro
Josh Flatbush

Samuel L. Jackson
Madlock

Leonard L. Thomas
Rod

Charlie Murphy
Eggy

Rubén Blades
Petey

Abbey Lincoln
Lillian Gilliam

Coati Mundi
Roberto

Flavor Flav
Impatient Movie Patron

Diahann Carroll
Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)

Steve White
Born Knowledge

Raye Dowell
Rita

Angela Hall
Cora

Deon Richmond
Tyrone

Raymond Anthony Thomas
Joe (as Raymond Thomas)

Leon Addison Brown
Smith

Scot Anthony Robinson
Cooley

Bill Lee
Father of the Bride

Branford Marsalis
Party Guest

Doug E. Doug
Jimmy the Busboy (as Douglas Bourne)

Tracy Camilla Johns
Club Patron

John Canada Terrell
Club Patron

Joe Seneca
Big Stop's Friend

Candace Kirkpatrick
Club Patron (uncredited)
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