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Butter is a american film of genre Thriller released in USA on 13 october 1998 with Ernie Hudson
Butter (1998)
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Add to a movie listButter (known as Never 2 Big in the United States) is a 1998 action film starring Ernie Hudson, Nia Long, Tony Todd and Donnie Wahlberg. It originally premiered on HBO as an HBO Original Film, but was later released to video by Artisan Entertainment as Never 2 Big.
The film follows corrupt record company executives who kill a singing sensation with a lethal injection rather than letting her leave their label and join another company. They then frame her foster brother for the murder forcing him to go on the run and to try to get the goods on the real killers.
Actors
Ernie Hudson
(Curtis '8-Ball' Harris)
Shemar Moore
(Freddy Roland)
Nia Long
(Carmen Jones)
Donnie Wahlberg
(Rick Damon)
Tony Todd
(Benzo Al)
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