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New Jack City (1991)

New Jack City (1991)

R 97 minutes EN Thriller , Crime , Drama
They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
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Wesley Snipes
Nino Brown
Ice-T
Scotty Appleton
Allen Payne
Garald "Gee Money" Welles
Chris Rock
Pookie
Bill Nunn
Duh Duh Duh Man
Bill Cobbs
Old Man
Christopher Williams
Kareem Akbar
Judd Nelson
Nick Peretti

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Original Music Composer
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Production companies: Jacmac Films, Jackson/McHenry Company, The, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production countries: United States of America
Budget: $8,500,000
Revenue: $47,624,253

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