Smoke (1995)

Story

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

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Official Trailer

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Cast

• Harvey Keitel Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
• William Hurt Paul Benjamin
• Stockard Channing Ruby McNutt
• Harold Perrineau Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
• Forest Whitaker Cyrus Cole
• Giancarlo Esposito 1st OTB Man / Tommy
• José Zúñiga 2nd OTB Man / Jerry
• Stephen Gevedon OTB Man #3 / Dennis
• Jared Harris Jimmy Rose
• Ashley Judd Felicity
• Victor Argo Vinnie
• Michelle Hurst Aunt Em
• Erica Gimpel Doreen Cole
• Deirdre O'Connell Sue the Waitress
• Malik Yoba The Creeper
• Murray Moston Waiter
• M Mary B. Ward April Lee the Bookstore Clerk
• D Daniel Auster Book Thief