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.
Directed byDarnell Martin
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- December 5, 2008
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Revenue
- $8,880,045
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Adrien Brody
Leonard Chess
Jeffrey Wright
Muddy Waters
Gabrielle Union
Geneva Wade
Columbus Short
Little Walter
Cedric the Entertainer
Willie Dixon
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Revetta Chess
Eamonn Walker
Howlin' Wolf
Tammy Blanchard
Isabelle Allen
Eric Bogosian
Alan Freed
Norman Reedus
Chess Engineer
- Directed by
- Darnell Martin
- Written by
- Darnell Martin
- Produced by
- Andrew LackSofia Sondervan
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