Life

Life

108 mins | Crime, Comedy | April 16, 1999

Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

Life

108 mins | Crime, Comedy | April 16, 1999

Life
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Imagine Entertainment, Universal Pictures
Original title Life
Directors Ted Demme
Writers Matthew Stone, Robert Ramsey

Cast

Eddie Murphy

as Rayford Gibson

Martin Lawrence

as Claude Banks

Obba Babatundé

as Willie Long

Nick Cassavetes

as Sergeant Dillard

Bernie Mac

as Jangle Leg

Michael Taliferro

as Goldmouth

Anthony Anderson

as Cookie

Barry Shabaka Henley

as Pokerface

Bokeem Woodbine

as Can't Get Right

Lisa Nicole Carson

as Sylvia

Sanaa Lathan

as Daisy

Brooks Almy

as Billy's Mama

Hal Havins

as Billy

Poppy Montgomery

as Older Mae Rose Abernathy

Venus DeMilo Thomas

as Juke Joint Waitress

Ned Beatty

as Dexter Wilkins

Noah Emmerich

as Stan Blocker

Heavy D

as Jake

Ned Vaughn

as Young Sheriff Pike

R. Lee Ermey

as Older Sheriff Pike

Clarence Williams III

as Winston Hancock

Rick James

as Spanky Johnson

O'Neal Compton

as Superintendant Abernathy

Keith Burke

as Shady Cardplayer