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The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

2021 |2h 11m |  Music, Drama, History

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Cast

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Andra Day

Billie Holiday

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Trevante Rhodes

Jimmy Fletcher

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Garrett Hedlund

Harry Anslinger

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Leslie Jordan

Reginald Lord Devine

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Miss Lawrence

Miss Freddy

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Adriane Lenox

Mrs. Fletcher

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Natasha Lyonne

Tallulah Bankhead

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Rob Morgan

Louis McKay

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Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Roslyn

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Evan Ross

Agent Williams

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Tyler James Williams

Lester 'Prez' Young

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Tone Bell

John Levy

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Blake DeLong

Agent Carter

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Dana Gourrier

Sadie

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Melvin Gregg

Joe Guy

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Erik LaRay Harvey

James Monroe

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Ray Shell

Carl The Drummer

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Dusan Dukic

Joe Glaser

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Koumba Ball

Lucille

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Kate MacLellan

Working Class Woman

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Kwasi Songui

Working Class Man

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Letitia Brookes

Velva

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Warren 'Slim' Williams

Bobby Tucker

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Jeff Corbett

Congressman JP Thomas

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Damian Joseph Quinn

Roy Cohn

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Robert Alan Beuth

Congressman J. Rankin

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Randy Davison

Senator J. McCarthy

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Kevin Hanchard

Louis Armstrong

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Furly Mac

Elevator Attendant

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Tristan D. Lalla

Mr. Jordon Green

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Alex Bisping

Bailiff #1

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Don Anderson

Judge Ganey

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Sylvia Stewart

Stink-Eye Inmate

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Alain Goulem

Ed Fishman

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Alika Autran

Martha Anslinger

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Kim Feeney

Lady In Audience

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Richard Jutras

Uptown Restaurant Maître d'

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Jonathan Higgins

Defense Lawyer Erlich

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Nealla Gordon

Courthouse Reporter

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Christopher Ricardo Price

Drug Dealer

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Elizabeth Eveillard

Prostitute 1923

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Clauter Alexandre

Husband

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Penande Estime

Hanging Woman

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Joe Cobden

George Jessel

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Ronda Louis-Jeune

Jimmy's Girlfriend

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Maxime Paradis

Producer

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Sarah Levesque

Nurse

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Donald Fullilove

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Released

Language

Mandarin, English, French, German, Italian

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