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Hard Luck

Hard Luck

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Hard Luck

2006

1h 41m

5.5(81 votes)

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Overview

Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.

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Junction Films

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes

Lucky

Jackie Quinones

Jackie Quinones

Angela

Cybill Shepherd

Cybill Shepherd

Cass

James Hiroyuki Liao

James Hiroyuki Liao

Chang

Aubrey Dollar

Aubrey Dollar

Rainn

Kevin Thoms

Roland

Noah Fleiss

Noah Fleiss

Sol Rosenbaum

Bill Cobbs

Bill Cobbs

Cobb

Kevin Chapman

Kevin Chapman

Franklin

Tom Kemp

Tom Kemp

Gino Gambetta

Creative team

Directed by: Mario Van Peebles
Written by: Mario Van Peebles
Larry Brand
Produced by: Brad Wyman
Donald Kushner

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