Jungle Fever
A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo relationship even worse.
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Cast
51 people
Wesley Snipes
Flipper Purify
Known for
Blade
Demolition Man
Annabella Sciorra
Angie Tucci
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Tulsa King
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Spike Lee
Cyrus
Known for
Do the Right Thing
Malcolm X
Ossie Davis
Reverend Purify
Known for
Doctor Dolittle
Do the Right Thing
Ruby Dee
Lucinda Purify
Known for
The Stand
Do the Right Thing
Samuel L. Jackson
Gator Purify
Known for
Pulp Fiction
The Hateful Eight
Lonette McKee
Drew
Known for
Brewster's Millions
Honey
John Turturro
Pauline Carbone
Known for
Severance
The Night Of
Frank Vincent
Mike Tucci
Known for
The Sopranos
Raging Bull
Anthony Quinn
Lou Carbone
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
Jesus of Nazareth
Halle Berry
Vivian
Known for
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
X-Men: The Last Stand
Tyra Ferrell
Orin Goode
Known for
White Men Can't Jump
Boyz n the Hood
Spike Lee Director · Terence Blanchard Composer Stevie Wonder Composer
Worldwide gross $32M · Budget $14M · United States release June 7, 1991
Box office
Budget
$14,000,000
Worldwide gross
$32,482,682
Gross vs. budget
2.3×
Production
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
France · May 16, 1991
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · June 7, 1991
Theatrical
Australia
September 26, 1991 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 7, 1991 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 6, 1991 · Theatrical
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