Cast and Crew of Mo' Better Blues

Cast of
Mo' Better Blues

About Mo' Better Blues

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.

Full Cast of Mo' Better Blues

Nicholas Turturro
plays Josh Flatbush

Nicholas Turturro as Josh Flatbush

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Robin Harris
plays Butterbean Jones

Robin Harris as Butterbean Jones

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Cynda Williams
plays Clarke Bentancourt

Cynda Williams as Clarke Bentancourt

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Dick Anthony Williams
plays Big Stop Williams

Dick Anthony Williams as Big Stop Williams

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Tracy Camilla Johns
plays Club Patron

Tracy Camilla Johns as Club Patron

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Scot Anthony Robinson
plays Cooley

Scot Anthony Robinson as Cooley

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Abbey Lincoln
plays Lillian Gilliam

Abbey Lincoln as Lillian Gilliam

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Crew of Mo' Better Blues

Art

Wynn Thomas
Production Design

Ted Glass
Set Decoration

Production

Jon Kilik
Line Producer

Robi Reed
Casting Director

Monty Ross
Co-Producer

Spike Lee
Producer

Sound

Bill Lee
Original Music Composer

Skip Lievsay
Sound Designer

Camera

Ernest R. Dickerson
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Ruth E. Carter
Costume Design

Marjorie Durand
Key Makeup Artist

Editing

Sam Pollard
Editor

Directing

H.H. Cooper
Second Assistant Director

Randy Fletcher
First Assistant Director

Dale M. Nielsen
Second Second Assistant Director

Dale Pierce-Johnson
Second Assistant Director

Spike Lee
Director

Writing

Spike Lee
Writer