Colors
70,000 gang members. One million guns. Two cops.
1988 | 120m | English
Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Dennis Hopper |
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| Writer: | Michael Schiffer |
| Staring: |
| A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 15, 1988 |
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| Director: | Dennis Hopper |
| Writer: | Michael Schiffer |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Crime |
| Keywords | police brutality, ghetto, delinquency, police, east los angeles, gang, gang member, mexican american, angry, aggressive, colleague, cautionary, arrogant, frightened, harsh |
| Production Companies | Orion Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $46,616,067
Budget: $6,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sean Penn | Danny McGavin |
| Robert Duvall | Bob Hodges |
| María Conchita Alonso | Louisa Gomez |
| Randy Brooks | Ron Delaney |
| Grand L. Bush | Larry Sylvester |
| Don Cheadle | Rocket |
| Gerardo Mejía | Bird |
| Glenn Plummer | High Top |
| Rudy Ramos | Melindez |
| Sy Richardson | Bailey |
| Trinidad Silva | Frog |
| Charles Walker | Reed |
| Damon Wayans | T-Bone |
| Fred Asparagus | Cook |
| Sherman Augustus | Officer Porter |
| Bruce Beatty | Spanky |
| Paula Bellamy | Woman in Recreation Center |
| Brandon Bluhm | Tommie Hodges |
| Mark Booker | Young Crip #1 |
| Ron Boyd | Cop at Sharon's |
| Verda Bridges | C.R.A.S.H. Secretary |
| R. D. Call | Rusty Baines |
| Steven Camarillo | Gato |
| Seymour Cassel | Sullivan |
| Gary Carlos Cervantes | Diaz |
| Eugene Collier | Young Crip #2 |
| Lawrence Cook | Officer Young |
| Nick Corello | Phil |
| Troy Curvey Jr. | Preacher |
| Gregg Dandridge | Young Crip #3 |
| Brian Davis | Robert Craig |
| Romeo De Lan | Felipe |
| Marianne Díaz-Parton | Rita Gallegos |
| Nay K. Dorsey | 2nd Man at Recreation Center |
| Fabian Escobedo | Flacco |
| Dennis Fanning | 2nd C.R.A.S.H. Officer |
| Virgil Frye | Sheriff Foster |
| Courtney Gains | Whitey |
| Tomás Goros | Philip |
| C.E. Grimes | Oso |
| Trysh Jefferson | Young Girl |
| Vaughn Tyree Jelks | Roy |
| Annie-Joe Edwards | Shouting Woman |
| Clark Johnson | Lee |
| Kenia | Maria |
| Leon | Killer-Bee |
| Tina Lifford | Mrs. Craig |
| Mario López | Felipe's Friend |
| Lawrence Lowe | Cop at Car Wreck |
| Ted Markland | 3rd C.R.A.S.H. Officer |
| Roberto Martín Márquez | Grieving Husband |
| Shawn McLemore | Willie Wright |
| Margaret Medina | Angie |
| Micole Mercurio | Joan Hodges |
| Nigel Miguel | Snakedance |
| Karla Montana | Locita |
| Allan Moore | Shooter |
| Howard Mungo | Man at Recreation Center |
| Jack Nance | Officer Samuels |
| Frances E. Nealy | Neighbor Woman |
| Roy A. Nunez | 1st C.R.A.S.H. Officer |
| Ray Oriel | Homeboy |
| Roger Vernon Pamplin Jr. | Fighting Inmate |
| Jo Marie Payton | 2nd Woman in Recreation Center |
| Kim Pawlik | Female Officer |
| Anthony Pena | Traffic Officer |
| Daniela Piquet | Bird's Girlfriend |
| David Raynr | J.C. |
| T. Rodgers | Dr. Feelgood |
| Richard Rust | Hearing Officer |
| Sharon Schaffer | Crip Girl |
| Geoffrey Thorne | Lewis |
| Ara Thorpe | Sharon Robbins |
| Tony Todd | Vietnam Vet |
| Peter Vasquez | Veterano |
| Jeffrey Washington | Dog-Man |
| Dion Williams | Spooky |
| John Zenda | Officer Rutley |
| David Felker | LAPD Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Juney Smith | Blood (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ron Foreman | Production Design |
| Ronald Jacobs | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Robert Shoup | Sound Effects Editor |
| Robert Samuels | Second Assistant Camera |
| Michael Schiffer | Screenplay |
| Robert Estrin | Editor |
| Jack Leahy | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Ken Fischer | Sound Effects Editor |
| Marian Wilde | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dennis Hopper | Director |
| Herbie Hancock | Original Music Composer |
| Haskell Wexler | Director of Photography |
| Lauren Lloyd | Casting |
| Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Sound Designer |
| Gary Rydstrom | Sound Designer |
| Tom Johnson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Spiro Razatos | Stunts |
| Diane Peterson | Stunts |
| Eugene Collier | Stunts |
| Kym Washington Longino | Stunts |
| Julius LeFlore | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
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| Robert H. Solo | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 23 | 33 | 13 |
| 2024 | 5 | 23 | 39 | 15 |
| 2024 | 6 | 22 | 38 | 13 |
| 2024 | 7 | 28 | 72 | 12 |
| 2024 | 8 | 34 | 63 | 12 |
| 2024 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 11 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 19 | 38 | 13 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 3 |
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Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
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| 2025 | 4 | 788 | 788 |
"Colors" primarily contents itself with concentrating upon the lethal gun and gang culture that permeates and blights the inner cities of America which young men and women devote their lives to as a means of survival on the streets instead of endeavouring to better themselves by accomplishing someth ... ing more socially worthwhile. The instantly forgettable story and characters always seem to be languishing in second place and while this insight into America's dangerous gang culture can be periodically interesting and certainly extremely illuminating at times it is still a major and ultimately damaging miscalculation to make it the sole basis of the entire film unless it is your intention to produce a documentary exploring these socially critical issues otherwise you're left with what is essentially a long winded film which is not as important or incisive as it thinks and that is certainly the case here.