The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 16
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 2
A deft hybrid of laughs, espionage, and music, The Mighty Quinn is a smart, pleasant entertainment that offers an early example of Denzel Washington's onscreen magnetism.
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Critic Reviews: 3
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 0
A deft hybrid of laughs, espionage, and music, The Mighty Quinn is a smart, pleasant entertainment that offers an early example of Denzel Washington's onscreen magnetism.
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Xavier Quinn (Denzel Washington) is police chief of a tiny Caribbean island. Quinn's efforts to straddle the fence between the local blacks and the moneyed whites have lost him the respect of both groups. When a murder is committed, Quinn suspects that the killer is Maubee (Robert Townsend), a notoriously elusive criminal who has become a folk hero to the locals. Despite various political pressures -- and the fact that he and Maubee were childhood friends-Quinn vows to solve the murder, and, if
Feb 16, 1989 Wide
Feb 6, 2001
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Cast
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Denzel Washington
Xavier Quinn -
Robert Townsend
Maubee -
James Fox
Elgin -
Mimi Rogers
Hadley Elgin -
M. Emmet Walsh
Miller -
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Lola Quinn -
Art Evans
Jump -
Esther Rolle
Ubu Pearl -
Norman Beaton
Governor Chalk -
Alex Colon
Patina -
Tyra Ferrell
Isola -
Keye Luke
Dr. Raj -
Carl Bradshaw
Cocodick -
Henry Judd Baker
Nicotine -
Bobby Ghisays
Pater -
Charles Hyatt
Security Guard -
Peter Lloyd
Groom -
Cedella Marley
Eliza -
Rita Marley
Wedding Singers and Ban... -
Bernie McInerney
Dr. Stuhlberg -
Ron Taylor
McKeon -
Fitz Weir
Athens -
Christopher Meredith
Wedding Singers and Ban... -
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Bob Andy
Raisen -
Erica Aquart
Bride -
Rowan Byfield
Blizzard -
Kenneth Casey
Phylo -
Ronald Goshop
Fudge -
Baldwin Howe
Bim -
Cathi Levy
Secretary -
Fred Lloyd
Pilot -
Michael London
Preacher -
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David McFarlane
Henry -
Calvin Mitchell
Apollo -
Nabbie Natural
Turtle -
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Oliver Samuels
Rupert -
Deon Silvera
Beautician -
Dennis Titus
Percy -
Clive Walker
Bartender -
David R. Ellis
Jersey -
Michael Edward Rose
Wedding Singers and Ban... -
Dallas Anderson
Francis -
Marie McDonald
Jax -
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All Critics (16) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)
[Washington] gives the kind of smooth, funny, laid-back performance that could help make him the first black matinee idol since Sidney Poitier.
Top CriticWith Fancher's dialogue and Washington's comedic timing, The Mighty Quinn is more fun than a cabana full of bananas.
The Mighty Quinn is a spy thriller, a buddy movie, a musical, a comedy and a picture that is wise about human nature. And yet with all of those qualities, it never seems to strain.
Pleasing comical murder mystery that takes place on a small Caribbean island.
An award-worthy performance by Washington
The colourful locale -- it was shot on the northeastern coast of Jamaica -- spices up the formulaic screenplay, which contains sentimental twaddle about identifying with one's culture.
A terrific mystery with a Caribbean beat; Denzel Washington needs to do more movies like this.
Engrossing mystery in a unique setting
The film has the unmistakable (or maybe only semi-mistakable) feel of a television pilot.
Audience Reviews for The Mighty Quinn
Super Reviewer
"The Mighty Quinn" is one of those great drama thrillers like Arthur Penn's "Night Moves" where you got a very smooth, handsome main character all caught up in a plot that will eventually get in way over his head. In this case it would be Xavier Quinn. For a low budget picture drama, this movie sure puts a badly big budget film to shame.
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