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Feb 16, 2025

Pete

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Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: February 16, 1989 The Mighty Quinn Premiered in Theaters.

On this day, February 16, 1989, The Mighty Quinn premiered in theaters. Directed by Carl Schenkel, the crime thriller starred Denzel Washington in one of his early leading roles, playing Xavier Quinn, a Caribbean police chief investigating a high-profile murder case that implicates an old friend. The film also featured James Fox, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Robert Townsend, and Esther Rolle.

Based on the novel Finding Maubee by A.H.Z. Carr, the film blended...

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