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Director: Ted Demme Run Time: 108 min. Format: DCP Rating: R Release Year: 1999

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Ned Beatty, Bernie Mac

During Prohibition, loudmouth Harlem grifter Ray (Eddie Murphy) and the no-nonsense Claude (Martin Lawrence) team up on a bootlegging mission to Mississippi that could bring them big bucks. But they run into trouble when a crooked lawman hits them with a phony murder charge. Ray and Claude are given life sentences and shipped off to jail, where they must think of a way to prove their innocence and avoid the brutal guards while battling their biggest enemies — their opposing personalities.

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