Hawthorne James
Biography
Hawthorne James is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Big Red Davis in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He is also known for his role as Sam, the injured bus driver, in Speed (1994 film). James was born James Hawthorne in Chicago, Illinois, the son of A.M. Alene and Robert Hawthorne.
CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Hawthorne James
Velocity as Virtue: The Kinetic Alchemy of Speed
In Speed (1994), director Jan de Bont transforms a preposterous premise a bus rigged to explode if it dips below 50 mph into a masterclass of kinetic storytelling. The film’s genius lies not in its na... Read more
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