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Release Date: 1989

Cast: Tyra Ferrell, M. Emmet Walsh, Fitz Weir, Alex Colon, Robert Townsend, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Denzel Washington, Art Evans, Norman Beaton, David McFarlane, Mimi Rogers, Esther Rolle ...MORE

Cast: Tyra Ferrell, M. Emmet Walsh, Fitz Weir, Alex Colon, Robert Townsend, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Denzel Washington, Art Evans, Norman Beaton, David McFarlane, Mimi Rogers, Esther Rolle, Baldwin Howe, James Fox, Maria McDonald ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Action, Comedy-drama, Mystery, Suspense, Crime Thriller

The Mighty Quinn is a 1989 thriller film starring Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and James Fox. The screenplay by Hampton Fancher is based on the novel Finding Maubee by A.H.Z. Carr. Washington plays a police chief who tries to help his childhood friend (Townsend) after he becomes a murder suspect. The film takes its name from the Bob Dylan song of the same name, a Reggae cover version of which appears on the soundtrack. Film critic Roger Ebert was notable for giving the film an overwhelmingly positive review, calling it one of the best... MORE

The Mighty Quinn is a 1989 thriller film starring Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and James Fox. The screenplay by Hampton Fancher is based on the novel Finding Maubee by A.H.Z. Carr. Washington plays a police chief who tries to help his childhood friend (Townsend) after he becomes a murder suspect. The film takes its name from the Bob Dylan song of the same name, a Reggae cover version of which appears on the soundtrack. Film critic Roger Ebert was notable for giving the film an overwhelmingly positive review, calling it one of the best films of 1989. The Mighty Quinn was filmed at various locations throughout Jamaica, with the principal outdoor scenes shot in Port Antonio. Interior scenes of Donald Pater's mansion were filmed at Golden Clouds Villa in Oracabessa. Xavier Quinn (Washington) is the chief of police on a small, unnamed Caribbean island. He served in the U.S. Marines and was trained at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia. When Donald Pater, the millionaire owner of a luxury resort hotel, is found murdered, everyone assumes that the culprit is Maubee (Townsend), a ganja dealer, womanizer, and petty crook who is a sort LESS