Always Outnumbered
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1998-03-21
Runtime: 104 mins
Director: Michael Apted
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama, TV Movie
Original title: Always Outnumbered
Production Companies: Palomar Pictures, HBO
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Laurence Fishburne
Daniel Williams
Bill Cobbs
Natalie Cole
Laurie Metcalf
Cicely Tyson
Bridgid Coulter
Bill Nunn
Isaiah Washington
Bill Duke
Kevin Carroll
Jamaal Carter
John Toles-Bey
Brooke Marie Bridges
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