The film ÃÂThe HurricaneÃÂ is about Rubin ÃÂThe HurricaneÃÂ Carter, a boxer who was wrongly convicted and imprisoned for a total of 20 years. He wrote a book that many years later ended up in the hands of Lesra Martin, a young African American boy who was living in the poverty of New York with very little to look forward to. Until LIsa, Terri and Sam from Canada offered to adopt him to help make something of his life. The film shows how both Rubin and Lesra overcome their circumstances to end up as winners.
Rubin ÃÂThe HurricaneÃÂ Carter was wrongly convicted and spent almost 20 years incaserated however this wasnÃÂt the first time. He had been in jail when he was a child, he stabbed a wealth man who had a lot of pull in the city. A detective Delabosca went after Rubin and until he was finally released, Delabosca went after him to make his life a living hell and make sure he spends the remainder of his life incaserated.
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English: Former middleweight boxer Rubin Carter; f...
English: Former middleweight boxer Rubin Carter; f...Rubin and his friend John Artis left a club on their way home they were pulled over by the police ÃÂthey were looking for two niggers in a car, any two will doÃÂ. The police took Rubin and John to be IDÃÂd by the last surviving victim whilst on his death bed. Detective Delabosca re emerges to take Rubin down and as the dying man shakes his head to say they have the ÃÂwrong niggersÃÂ Delabosca tell him to ÃÂlook closerÃÂ and persuades him to say it was them. After that didnÃÂt work Delabosca persuaded the witness to say it was Rubin, it took a lot of persuasion. Bellow, the witness, eventually says it was Rubin and John. They were convicted for 3 life terms in prison.