What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Directed by:
Brian Gibson

Written by:
Kate Lanier
Kurt Loder
Tina Turner

Plot:
Anna Mae always had a special voice. Soon after arriving in St. Louis to live with the mother who had walked out when she was small, the now teenage Anna soon attracts the attention of pop group leader Ike Turner. She becomes the band's singer, his wife, and mother to his children - not all hers. In love with Ike and determined not to leave in the way her mother had, she finds herself the target of increasing violence from her unstable husband who can't see who is making the band such a success.

Genres: Biography / Drama / Music
Countries: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 118

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Cast:

Laurence Fishburne... Ike Turner, Sr.

Jenifer Lewis... Zelma Bullock

Chi McBride... Fross

Khandi Alexander... Darlene

Lorna Scott... Nurse

Barry 'Shabaka' Henley... El Paso Doctor

John Fink... Anna's Lawyer

Richard T. Jones... Ike Turner, Jr.

Angela Bassett... Anna Mae Bullock/Tina Turner

O'Neal Compton... George (the Ramada Inn Manager)

Robert Lesser... Fairmount M.C.

Michael Colyar... Apollo Announcer