Directed by Spike Lee Written by Russell Gewirtz   Cast Denzel Washington ... Detective Keith Frazier Clive Owen ... Dalton Russell Jodie Foster ... Madeleine White Christopher Plummer ... Arthur Case Willem Dafoe ... Captain John Darius Chiwetel Ejiofor ... Detective Bill Mitchell Carlos Andrés Gómez ... Steve Kim Director ... Stevie James Ransone ... Steve-O Bernie Rachelle ... Chaim (as Bernard Rachelle) Peter Gerety ... Captain Coughlin Victor Colicchio ... Sergeant Collins Cassandra Freeman ... Sylvia Peter Frechette ... Peter Hammond Gerry Vichi ... Herman Gluck Waris Ahluwalia ... Vikram Walia Rafael Osorio ... Bank Guard Rodney 'Bear' Jackson ... Bank Guard Daryl Mitchell ... Mobile Command Officer Rourke (as Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell) Ashlie Atkinson ... Mobile Command Officer Berk David Brown ... Mobile Command Officer Carnow Robert C. Kirk ... Mobile Command Officer Borinsky Frank Stellato ... Mobile Command Detective Ken Leung ... Wing Marcia Jean Kurtz ... Miriam Douglas Ed Onipede Blunt ... Ray Robinson Amir Ali Said ... Brian Robinson Lemon Andersen ... Paul Guitierez Samantha Ivers ... Nancy Mann Peter Kybart ... Mayor Jason Manuel Olazabal ... ESU Officer Hernandez Jeff Ward ... ESU Officer Jesus Anthony Mangano ... ESU Officer Michael Devine ... ESU Officer Ed Bogdanowicz ... ESU Officer Aaron Vexler ... ESU Officer Anthony Borowiec ... ESU Officer Joe Coots ... ESU Officer Lionel Pina ... Cop with Pizzas Ken Ferrigni ... Redheaded Detective Frank Hopf ... Barricade Officer Robert Testut ... Barricade Officer Craig M. Spitzer ... Seth Greenblatt (as Craig Marcus Spitzer) Limary Agosto ... Gladys Perez (as Lily Agosto) Patrick Illig ... Brad Stone Frank Composto ... Eric Dodge Rozanne Sher ... Hostage Woman Rachel Black ... Katherine (as Rachel Matthews Black) Gregory Dann ... Case's Bodyguard Ben Crowley ... White's Assistant Shon Gables ... CBS News Reporter Dominic Carter ... NY1 News Anchor Sandra Endo ... NY1 News Reporter Kandiss Edmundson ... Madge Al Palagonia ... Kevin Florina Petcu ... Ilina Agim Coma ... Borova John Speredakos ... Officer Porcario Baktash Zaher ... Zahir (as Baktash Khadem Zaher) Ernest Rayford ... Men's Club Attendant Vincent DiMartino ... Barber Julian Niccolini ... Four Seasons Maitre d' Ed Crescimanni ... Edwin Brad Leland ... Ronnie (as Bradley Williams) Uncredited Cast Tiffany Adams ... Hostage Kisha Batista ... Hostage Robert Bizik ... Business Executive Cherise Boothe ... Jeanette Davis - Bank Employee John Borras ... ESU Cop Rebecca Brillhart ... Four Seasons Server Jay Charan ... Teller Stany Coppet ... Businessman Ed Cuffe ... NYPD Detective Rue DeBona ... Bank Employee - Hostage Michael Den Dekker ... Judge Pasqua Kathryne Isabelle Easton ... Lawyer Joanie Ellen ... Faye Spencer Doug Ferony ... Leo Edwin Freeman ... ESU Officer Chuck Gerena ... ESU Officer / Ambulance Driver Rashaad Ernesto Green ... Matthew Jones (Hostage) Carla Greene ... Maria Luna Turi Haim ... Cop Frank Harts ... Hostage James Hook ... Security Guard Enver Hoxha ... Self (archive sound) Van Hughes ... James Curran Matt Jade ... ESU Officer Julie Jei ... Wall Street Business Woman Russ Klein ... Defense Attorney Amanda Renee Knox ... Bank Employee Steve Lord ... ESU Officer Heather Male ... Katarina Anderson Dominick Mancino ... Locksmith Francis Mateo ... Bystander Rachel McDermott ... Tourist Sean Mulcahy ... ESU Officer John B. Nelson Jr. ... Pedestrian Nancy Otero ... Wall Street Business Woman James Donnell Quinn ... Hostage Irving Levine Jamieson Rhyme ... Denis Lenford - Hostage Michal Sinnott ... Lori Minitte Alexander Sovronsky ... Civilian Bystander Brandhyze Stanley ... NY 1 Reporter Philippe Vonlanthen ... ESU Officer Angel Wallace ... Sandra Velez- Hostage Steven Weisz ... Wall Street Businessman Produced by Jonathan Filley   Brian Grazer   Karen Kehela Sherwood   Jon Kilik   Daniel M. Rosenberg   Kim Roth   Christian Stibbe   Original Music by Terence Blanchard

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