
108 minutes
4/16/1999
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

Eddie Murphy
as Rayford Gibson

Martin Lawrence
as Claude Banks

Obba Babatundé
as Willie Long

Nick Cassavetes
as Sergeant Dillard

Bernie Mac
as Jangle Leg

Michael Taliferro
as Goldmouth

Anthony Anderson
as Cookie

Barry Shabaka Henley
as Pokerface

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.
as Biscuit

Bokeem Woodbine
as Can't Get Right

Lisa Nicole Carson
as Sylvia

Sanaa Lathan
as Daisy

Brooks Almy
as Billy's Mama

Hal Havins
as Billy

Poppy Montgomery
as Older Mae Rose Abernathy

Venus DeMilo Thomas
as Juke Joint Waitress

Ned Beatty
as Dexter Wilkins

Noah Emmerich
as Stan Blocker

Heavy D
as Jake

Ned Vaughn
as Young Sheriff Pike

R. Lee Ermey
as Older Sheriff Pike

Clarence Williams III
as Winston Hancock

Rick James
as Spanky Johnson

O'Neal Compton
as Superintendant Abernathy

Walter K. Jordan
as Slim

Keith Burke
as Shady Cardplayer

Sean Lampkin
as Trustee at Line

Brent Jennings
as Hoppin' Bob
David Alexander
as Doctor
Leon Turner
as Arm That Went Up