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The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
71 Cast Members
Adrien Brody
Leonard Chess
Jeffrey Wright
Muddy Waters
Gabrielle Union
Geneva Wade
Columbus Short
Little Walter
Cedric the Entertainer
Willie Dixon
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Revetta Chess
Eamonn Walker
Howlin' Wolf
Tammy Blanchard
Isabelle Allen
Eric Bogosian
Alan Freed
Norman Reedus
Chess Engineer
Yasiin Bey
Chuck Berry
Beyoncé
Etta James
Josh Alscher
Mick Jagger
Tim Bellow
Man in the Caddy
Tony Bentley
Lomax
Marc Bonan
Keith Richards
Douglas Crosby
Policeman (Little Walter beating)
Dexter Darden
Geneva's Teenage Son
Veronika Dash
Blonde Girl
Sean Shyboy Davis
Toothless Hillbilly Little Walter
