---
title: 'Jungle Fever (1991)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Spike Lee'
released: '1991-05-16'
runtime_minutes: 132
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jungle-fever-1991'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102175/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jungle Fever (1991)

1991 · 132 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Jungle Fever is a 1991 American romantic drama film written, produced and directed by Spike Lee. Starring Lee, Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Samuel L. Jackson, Lonette McKee, John Turturro, Frank Vincent, Tim Robbins, Brad Dourif, Giancarlo Esposito, Debi Mazar, Michael Imperioli, and Anthony Quinn, with Halle Berry and Queen Latifah in their film debuts, Jungle Fever explores the beginning and end of an extramarital interracial relationship against the urban backdrop of the streets of New York City in the early 1990s. The film is dedicated to Yusef Hawkins, who died on August 23, 1989.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee)
- **Screenplay:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee)
- **Producer:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee), [Monty Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/monty-ross)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Terence Blanchard](https://cinepixo.com/people/terence-blanchard)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Dickerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-dickerson)

## Cast

- [Samuel L. Jackson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-l-jackson)
- [Theresa Randle](https://cinepixo.com/people/theresa-randle)
- [Gina Gershon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-gershon)
- [Annabella Sciorra](https://cinepixo.com/people/annabella-sciorra)
- [Miguel Sandoval](https://cinepixo.com/people/miguel-sandoval)
- [Tyra Ferrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyra-ferrell)
- [Ossie Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ossie-davis)
- [Doug E. Doug](https://cinepixo.com/people/doug-e-doug)
- [Halle Berry](https://cinepixo.com/people/halle-berry)
- [Queen Latifah](https://cinepixo.com/people/queen-latifah)
- [John Turturro](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-turturro)
- [Illeana Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/illeana-douglas)
- [Nicholas Turturro](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-turturro)
- [Lonette McKee](https://cinepixo.com/people/lonette-mckee)
- [Tim Robbins](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-robbins)

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