Life
DOWN &
DIRTY:
Comedy: Two men, serving prison
sentences for a murder they
didn't commit, spend more than
sixty years together.
NITTY GRITTY:
Old-timer prisoner, Willie Long
(OBBA BABATUNDE) looks over the
freshly dug graves of his
longtime friends, he recounts
their story.
It's Harlem, 1932. Ray Gibson
(EDDIE MURPHY) is a small-time
hustler who owes money to Spanky
Johnson (RICK JAMES). Johnson is
the owner of a popular speakeasy
where Claude Banks (MARTIN
LAWRENCE), a bank teller is
partying with his girlfriend.
Sensing an easy target, Ray
pickpockets Claude who's already
been wiped clean by some loan
sharks. As such, both men find
themselves at the mercy of
Spanky.
Spanky agrees to Ray's plan to
pay off their debts by driving to
Mississippi, picking up some
moonshine, and returning it to
him.
Claude isn't crazy about the
idea, he reluctantly agrees and
they drive south and pick up
the booze. They decide to visit a
local bar where they end up being
charged for murdering a man. The
town's sheriff Pike (NED VAUGHN)
is actually the killer.
Ray and Claude find themselves
sentenced to life in the
Mississippi State prison. Run by
Sgt. Dillard (NICK CASSAVETES)
and his right-hand man, Hoppin'
Bob (BRENT JENNINGS), the
prisoners are forced into hard
labor and are confined only by a
gun line around the camp.
As the years pass, Ray and Claude
attempt to escape but are always
caught.
THE ENDING:
Claude arranges for a fire in the
living quarters. He and Ray
escape. They put corpses
in their beds so the prison
officials will think they are
dead.
They end up at a major league
baseball game, bickering at each
other.
WHAT EVERYONE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT:
The collection of fellow
inmates at the prison.
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