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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.

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Mo' Better Blues

Videos

Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

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Denzel Washington

Denzel Washington

as Bleek Gilliam

as Shadow Henderson (Sax)

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

as Left Hand Lacey (Piano)

as Moe Flatbush

Nicholas Turturro

Nicholas Turturro

as Josh Flatbush

as Butterbean Jones

as Clarke Bentancourt

as Impatient Movie Patron

as Bottom Hammer

Dick Anthony Williams

Dick Anthony Williams

as Big Stop Williams

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Tracy Camilla Johns

Tracy Camilla Johns

Scot Anthony Robinson

Scot Anthony Robinson

as Lillian Gilliam

Diahann Carroll

Diahann Carroll

as Jazz Club Singer (uncredited)

Leonard L. Thomas

Leonard L. Thomas

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Ernest R. Dickerson

Ernest R. Dickerson

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

First Assistant Director

Dale Pierce-Johnson

Dale Pierce-Johnson

Second Assistant Director

Dale M. Nielsen

Dale M. Nielsen

Second Second Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Production Design

Casting Director

Marjorie Durand

Marjorie Durand

Key Makeup Artist

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