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Jungle Fever
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Title: Jungle Fever

Release Date: 7 Jun 1991

Runtime: 2h 12m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Universal Pictures

Production Companies: 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, Universal Pictures

Overview: A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.4 (286 votes)

Cast

  • Flipper Purify: Wesley Snipes
  • Angie Tucci: Annabella Sciorra
  • Cyrus: Spike Lee
  • Reverend Purify: Ossie Davis
  • Lucinda Purify: Ruby Dee
  • Gator Purify: Samuel L. Jackson
  • Drew: Lonette McKee
  • Pauline Carbone: John Turturro
  • Mike Tucci: Frank Vincent
  • Lou Carbone: Anthony Quinn
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