The Mighty Quinn is a 1989 thriller film starring Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and James Fox. The screenplay by Hampton Fancher is based on the novel "Finding Maubee" by A.H.Z. Carr. Washington plays a police chief who tries to help his childhood friend (Townsend) after he becomes a murder suspect.
The film takes its name from the Bob Dylan song of the same name, a Reggae cover version of whic...
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The Mighty Quinn is a 1989 thriller film starring Denzel Washington, Robert Townsend, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and James Fox. The screenplay by Hampton Fancher is based on the novel "Finding Maubee" by A.H.Z. Carr. Washington plays a police chief who tries to help his childhood friend (Townsend) after he becomes a murder suspect.
The film takes its name from the Bob Dylan song of the same name, a Reggae cover version of which appears on the soundtrack. Film critic Roger Ebert was notable for giving the film an overwhelmingly positive review, calling it one of the best films of 1989.
Xavier Quinn (Washington) is the chief of police on a small, unnamed Caribbean island (the film was shot on location in Jamaica). He served in the U.S. Marines, and was trained at the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia.
When Donald Pater, the millionaire owner of a luxury resort hotel, is found murdered, everyone assumes that the culprit is Maubee (Townsend), a ganja dealer, womanizer,...
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