Life
839 reviews
Comedy/Crime
1h 48m
1999
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
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Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
- DirectorTed Demme
- Release16 April 1999
- Genre
- Duration1h 48m
- Budget$80,000,000
- Revenue$73,500,000
- Rate839 reviews
- Productions
Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, Eddie Murphy Productions, Brian Grazer Productions
Cast

Eddie Murphy
Rayford Gibson

Martin Lawrence
Claude Banks

Obba Babatundé
Willie Long

Nick Cassavetes
Sergeant Dillard

Bernie Mac
Jangle Leg

Michael Taliferro
Goldmouth

Anthony Anderson
Cookie

Barry Shabaka Henley
Pokerface

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
Biscuit

Bokeem Woodbine
Can't Get Right

Lisa Nicole Carson
Sylvia

Sanaa Lathan
Daisy

Brooks Almy
Billy's Mama

Hal Havins
Billy

Poppy Montgomery
Older Mae Rose Abernathy

Venus DeMilo Thomas
Juke Joint Waitress

Ned Beatty
Dexter Wilkins

Noah Emmerich
Stan Blocker

Heavy D
Jake

Ned Vaughn
Young Sheriff Pike

R. Lee Ermey
Older Sheriff Pike

Clarence Williams III
Winston Hancock

Rick James
Spanky Johnson

O'Neal Compton
Superintendant Abernathy

Walter K. Jordan
Slim

Keith Burke
Shady Cardplayer

Sean Lampkin
Trustee at Line

Brent Jennings
Hoppin' Bob
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