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Panther

Year:

1995

Duration:

Germany:123 min | UK:124 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Mario Van Peebles

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1995-05-03

Filming Locations: California, USA

Earnings

Gross: $6,834,525 (USA) Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Michele L. Jennings

Kadeem Hardison

Judge

Bokeem Woodbine

Tyrone

Joe Don Baker

Brimmer

Courtney B. Vance

Bobby Seale

Tyrin Turner

Marcus Chong

Huey Newton

Anthony Griffith

Eldridge Cleaver

Bobby Brown

Rose

Angela Bassett

Dr. Betty Shabazz

Nefertiti

Alma

James Russo

Rodgers

Jenifer Lewis

Rita

Chris Rock

Yuck Mouth

Roger Guenveur Smith

Pruitt

Michael Wincott

Tynan

Richard Dysart

J. Edgar Hoover

M. Emmet Walsh

Dorsett

Wesley Jonathan

Bobby Hutton

Kahlil Nelson

Boy on bike

Thyais Walsh

Bernadette

Anthony Johnson

Sabu

Dick Gregory

Rev. Slocum

Kool Moe Dee

Jamal

Lahmard J. Tate

Gene McKinney

William Fuller

Sgt. Schreck

David Greenlee

Patrolman

Melvin Van Peebles

Old jailbird

Adam Powers

Hippie

Brent Schaefer

Emory Douglas

Mark Curry

Lombard

Barie Scardapane

Student

Dario Scardapane

Student

Reginald Ballard

Brother at meeting

Ralph Ahn

Mr. Yang

James Bigwood

Grove Street cop

Martin Bright

Grove Street cop

Mark Buntzman

Pushy reporter

Robert Peters

Cop at Ramparts

Jeff Obafemi Carr

Denzil Dowell (as Jeffrey Carr)

Steven Carl White

George

Charles Cooper

Sheriff

Jay Koch

Gov. Ronald Reagan

Tim Loughrin

Reporter at Capitol

Tony Beard

Guard at Capitol

Jerry Rubin

Defense attorney

Beau Windham

Hoover's aide

Jamie Johnson

Girl buying drugs (as Jamie Zozzaro)

Yolanda Whittaker

Pregnant junkie

Arthur Reed

Blind man

Christopher Michael

Reporter at police station

James Le Gros

Avakian (as James LeGros)

Joseph Culp

Baby-faced cop

Preston L. Holmes

Prison guard

Chris Tucker

Bodyguard

Tracey Costello

Kathleen Cleaver

Jeris Poindexter

Black cop

Brent Sincock

Courtroom judge

James A. Earley

Angry cop

Sharrif Simmons

Poet

L. Sidney

Bakar (as Aklam)

Rob Rule

Berkelely campus singer

Eddie Anisko

Berkeley campus singer

Robbie Allen

Berkeley campus singer

David L. King

Berkeley campus singer

John 'Boo Boo Brown' Gordon

Recruit

Marvin Young

Recruit

Ann Weldon

Mrs. Dowell

Brian Turk

Deputy

Timothy G. Riley

Band at barbecue

Dwayne P. Wiggins

Band at barbecue

Timothy C. Riley

Band at barbecue

John T. Smith

Band at barbecue

Elijah Baker

Band at barbecue

Vincent Lars

Band at barbecue

Bill Ortiz

Band at barbecue

Roberto Santana

Matty

Gunnar Peterson

Cop at gas station

John Harwood

Cop at lineup

John Knight

Cop at Panther office

Erik Kohner

Nervous cop

Robert Culp

Charles Garry

John Snyder

Cop

Mario Van Peebles

Stokely Carmichael

Steven M. Gagnon

Prosecutor

Manny Perry

Shorty

William Martin Brennan

Partner (as William Brennan)

Shanice

Singer at punk Panther (as Shanice Wilson)

Paul Becque

Juror (uncredited)

Patrick Faucette

Raymond 'Masai' Hewitt (uncredited)

Christopher Michael Holley

Black Panther (uncredited)

Ralph Moratz

Police Officer (uncredited)

John Poague

Cop (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Angela Bassett also played Betty Shabazz in Malcolm X (1992).

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Roger Guenveur Smith, who plays Pruitt, also played Huey Newton in A Huey P. Newton Story (2001), meaning he has played characters at the birth and death of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.

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Goofs

At the school, when they are rallying for more members.

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At a party, a Black Panther member is shown playing a cream colored guitar with a Floyd Rose tremolo and locking nut. Floyd Rose didn't invent the locking tremolo system until 1977. The film is set in the mid-'60s.

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When Detective Brimmer is chasing Judge, he makes a radio call saying the he is running east on Market Street, in Oakland, CA. Market Street in Oakland, runs South to North. There is no way to run East on Market Street.

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Quotes

Tyrone: Uh, Alma is it? We don't...

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Black cop: You know you can't help but admire those young Brothers, they do alot of good in their communities.

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Cy: [to White Girls looking for drugs] Every Black man you lay eyes on ain't a dope dealer

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