The Hustle

Year of Production: 2008

Genre: Comedy 

Cast: CHARLES Q. MURPHY(Night at the Museum);  AL SHEARER(Punk’d, CSI:Crime Scene Investigation); TAMALA JONES(My Name is Earl, Castle); BRIGITTE NIELSEN (Rocky IV, Cobra); BAI LING(Nixon, Red Corner, Anna and the King, Taxi 3, Crank:High Voltage)

Director: DEON TAYLOR

Festivals & Awards: Sacramento F.F. 

Synopsis: Disenchanted pest worker and single dad Freddie Manning (AL SHEARER) is always trying to hustle a bit more from his disappointing life, but bad luck is never far. Freddie unintentionally steals and then loses mob money and now he really is in trouble. So when a run-down Baptist church mistakes him and his best friend Junior for replacement ministers, he grabs at the opportunity that might save his life.