Aug 03, 1990
129 min
Full-HD

Mo' Better Blues (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 his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

Category

Drama Romance Music Comedy

Country

United States of America

Companies

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks Universal Pictures

Denzel Washington

Bleek Gilliam

Spike Lee

Giant

Wesley Snipes

Shadow Henderson (Sax)

Giancarlo Esposito

Left Hand Lacey (Piano)

John Turturro

Moe Flatbush

Charlie Murphy

Eggy

Nicholas Turturro

Josh Flatbush

Robin Harris

Butterbean Jones

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