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Sam Cooke: Legend

Sam Cooke: Legend (2003)★ 7.4/10

US · 67 min · January 1, 2003

  • Drama
  • Music
  • Biography

Directed by: Carl Franklin, Mary Wharton

Written by: Peter Guralnick

The life and tragic death of popular R&B singer Sam Cooke, who topped the music charts in the US during the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Directed by

Carl FranklinMary Wharton

Written by

Peter Guralnick

Cast & crew

Jeffrey WrightNarrator (voice)Sam CookeSelf (archiveFootage)The Rolling StonesSelf (archiveFootage)The BeatlesSelf (archiveFootage)Aretha FranklinSelfLloyd PriceSelf - Friend, Singer-SongwriterAllen KleinSelfLou RawlsSelf - Childhood FriendL.C. CookeSelf - BrotherAgnes HoskinsSelf - SisterLeroy CrumeSelf - The Soul StirrersBobby WomackSelf - Sam's Guitarist 1963-64Jerry BrandtSelf - AgentLou AdlerSelf - Record ExecutiveDick ClarkSelfJ.W. AlexanderSelf - Business PartnerLinda M. WomackSelf - DaughterLuigi CreatoreSelf - Co-ProducerMagnificent MontagueSelf - Radio DJAl SchmittSelf - EngineerAndrew Loog OldhamSelf - Former Manager, The Rolling StonesMuhammad AliSelf (archiveFootage)Sonny ListonSelf (archiveFootage)Bertha FranklinSelf (archiveFootage)