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The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Theatrical
Dec 5, 2008
Box Office
$8.9M
Budget
$12.0M
Return
0.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 10, 2009
Theaters
7
Director
Producers
Music
Steve Jordan
Studio
Parkwood Entertainment
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Cast
Full credits →A
Adrien Brody
Leonard Chess
J
Jeffrey Wright
Muddy Waters
G
Gabrielle Union
Geneva Wade
C
Columbus Short
Little Walter
C
Cedric the Entertainer
Willie Dixon
E
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Revetta Chess
E
Eamonn Walker
Howlin' Wolf
T
Tammy Blanchard
Isabelle Allen
E
Eric Bogosian
Alan Freed
N
Norman Reedus
Chess Engineer
Y
Yasiin Bey
Chuck Berry
B
Beyoncé
Etta James
J
Josh Alscher
Mick Jagger
T
Tim Bellow
Man in the Caddy
T
Tony Bentley
Lomax
M
Marc Bonan
Keith Richards
D
Douglas Crosby
Policeman (Little Walter beating)
D
Dexter Darden
Geneva's Teenage Son
V
Veronika Dash
Blonde Girl
E
Eshaya Draper
Charles Waters
