Smoke

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.

Cast

Harvey Keitel

as Augustus 'Auggie' Wren

William Hurt

as Paul Benjamin

Stockard Channing

as Ruby McNutt

Harold Perrineau

as Thomas 'Rashid' Cole

Forest Whitaker

as Cyrus Cole

Giancarlo Esposito

as 1st OTB Man / Tommy

José Zúñiga

as 2nd OTB Man / Jerry

Stephen Gevedon

as OTB Man #3 / Dennis

Jared Harris

as Jimmy Rose

Ashley Judd

as Felicity

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