Always Outnumbered

Always Outnumbered
Based on	Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned by Walter Mosley
Written by	Walter Mosley
Directed by	Michael Apted
Starring	Laurence Fishburne
Theme music composer	Michael Franti
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Jeffrey Downer Laurence Fishburne Jonathon Ker Jeanney Kim Anne-Marie Mackay Helen McCusker Walter Mosley
Cinematography	John Bailey
Editor(s)	Rick Shaine
Running time	104 minutes
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	March 21, 1998

Always 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.

Plot

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.

Cast

• Laurence Fishburne - Socrates Fortlow
• Bill Cobbs - Right Burke
• Natalie Cole - Iula Brown
• Daniel Williams - Darryl
• Cicely Tyson - Luvia
• Bill Nunn - Howard M'Shalla
• Bridgid Coulter - Corina M'Shalla
• Isaiah Washington - Wilfred
• Bill Duke - Blackbird Willis
• Kevin Carroll - Pegus
• Jamaal Carter - Phillip
• John Toles-Bey - Stoney Wiley
• Brooke Marie Bridges - Winnie M'Shalla
• John Gavigan - Mr. Keene
• Perry Moore - Kiko
• Sammi Rotibi - Marlow Bitta
• Art Evans - Markham Peale
• Danny Goldring - Parker
• Dan Martin - Weems
• Paula Jai Parker - Melodie

External links

• Always Outnumbered at the Internet Movie Database