The Mighty Quinn (1989)

Directed by

Carl Schenkel

Genre

crime film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 135 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A police chief in the Caribbean tries to clear his childhood friend who is the prime suspect in a murder case. The investigation pulls him into a web of local politics, secrets, and a missing bag of money.

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What happens

The Mighty Quinn is a 1989 American mystery comedy thriller film starring Denzel Washington in the title role, alongside Robert Townsend, James Fox, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. The screenplay by Hampton Fancher is based on A. H. Z. Carr's 1971 novel Finding Maubee. In the film, Washington plays Xavier Quinn, a police chief who tries to help his childhood friend Maubee (Townsend) after he becomes a murder suspect. The film takes its name from the Bob Dylan song of the same name, and a reggae cover version performed by Michael Rose, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Cedella Marley and Sharon Marley Prendergast which appears on the soundtrack. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film an overwhelmingly positive review, calling it one of the best films of 1989. He described the film as "a spy thriller, a buddy movie, a musical, a comedy and a picture that is wise about human nature." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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