The Stick Up Kids (2008)

Directed by

Hawthorne James

Genre

drama film, crime film, hood film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Rating

1.9 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of young men get involved in street crime in an American city. They face tough choices and dangerous situations that test their loyalties and survival.

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What happens

Hawthorne James is an American character actor and director, known for his role as Big Red Davis in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He is also known for his role as Sam, the injured bus driver, in Speed, George, the Night Guard at the Library, in Seven and series as NYPD Blue and guest-starring on Frasier as Bill in the season one episode "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street". He was born James Hawthorne in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Robert Hawthorne and A. M. Alene. He earned a bachelor's degree in Theater from the University of Notre Dame, a master's degree from the University of Michigan, and taught Theater at Illinois State University. James was responsible for his appearance in the funeral scene of Jimmy Potter in The Five Heartbeats, which he based on a scene from Shakespeare's Richard III. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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