| Directed by |
Spike Lee |
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| Screenplay by |
Spike Lee |
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| Based on a book by |
Alex Haley |
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| Cast: | ||
| Malcolm X | Denzel Washington | |
| Dr. Betty Shabazz | Angela Bassett | |
| Baines | Albert Hall | |
| Elijah Muhammad | Al Freeman Jr. | |
| West Indian Archie | Delroy Lindo | |
| Shorty | Spike Lee | |
| Laura | Theresa Randle | |
| Sophia | Kate Vernon | |
| Louise Little | Lonette McKee | |
| Brother Earl | James McDaniel | |
| Peg | Debi Mazar | |
| Toomer | Joe Seneca | |
| Lorraine | LaTanya Richardson Jackson | |
| Ben Thomas | Wendell Pierce | |
| Thomas Hayer | Giancarlo Esposito | |
| Leon Davis | Leonard L. Thomas | |
| TV Host | Craig Wasson | |
| Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom | Frances Foster | |
| Dick Jones | Reggie Montgomery | |
| Mr. Ostrowski | David Patrick Kelly | |
| Mrs. Swerlin | Shirley Stoler | |
| Sister Lucille Rosary | Veronica Webb | |
| Speedy | Peewee Love | |
| Brother Johnson | Steve White | |
| School Teacher | Mary Alice | |
| Joe Louis Announcer | Ed Herlihy | |
| Barber | George T. Odom | |
| Man #1 | Billy J. Mitchell | |
| Follower at Temple #7 | Bahni Turpin | |
| TV Reporter | Annie Corley | |
| TV Reporter | Steven Randazzo | |
| JFK Reporter | Gareth Williams | |
| JFK Reporter | Richard Schiff | |
| Reporter at Fire Bombing | Michael Imperioli | |
| Hooker | Elise Neal | |
| FBI Agent | John Sayles | |
| FBI Agent | Martin Donovan | |
| Boston Cop | Nicholas Turturro | |
| Cop at Harlem Station (credit only) | William Fichtner | |
| Desk Sergeant | Michael Cullen | |
| Matt Dillon | ||
| Rony Clanton | ||
| Fruit of Islam | Rony Clanton | |
| Billie Holiday Quartet - Trumpet | Terence Blanchard | |
| Roseland Dancer | Traci Robinson | |
| Bill Newman | Vincent D'Onofrio | |
| Chaplain Gill | Christopher Plummer | |
| Miss Dunne | Karen Allen | |
| Captain Green | Peter Boyle | |
| Eulogy Performer | Ossie Davis | |
| Herself - at End of Credits | Janet Jackson | |
| Himself - Handshake with Malcolm | Muhammad Ali | |
| Himself - at End of Credits | Michael Jordan | |
| Student in Harlem Classroom | Ashanti | |
| Himself - at End of Credits | Bill Cosby | |
| Director of photography |
Ernest R. Dickerson |
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| Produced by |
Spike Lee |
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| Music composed by |
Terence Blanchard |
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| Year: | 1992 | |
| Running time: | 202 minutes | |
| Country: | United States Japan | |
| Language: | English | |