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Always Outnumbered is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Apted released in USA on 21 march 1998 with Laurence Fishburne
Always Outnumbered (1998)
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Add to a movie listAlways Outnumbered is a television film based on the novel Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by author Walter Mosley. It first aired on pay television channel HBO in 1998.
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The film stars Laurence Fishburne as aging ex-con Socrates Fortlow, who after a long incarceration, is trying hard to make a new life and to accept the regrets of his past. Meanwhile, he meets a young boy named Darryl, who witnessed a boy murdered by a friend of his. He also has to deal with his best friend's deteriorating health and finding work.Actors
Laurence Fishburne
(Socrates Fortlow)
Bill Cobbs
(Right Burke)
Natalie Cole
(Iula Brown)
Laurie Metcalf
(Halley Grimes)
Don Cheadle
(Corina M'Shalla)
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