By Any Means
Out Sep 4, 2026 · theaters
In 1966 Mississippi, a by-the-book Black FBI agent teams with a Mafia hitman turned informant to hunt the Klansmen who killed civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer.
Crime · Thriller · Historical drama
Cast
Who's in it
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
as Wayne Strider · Black American
Mark Wahlberg
as Gregory Scarpa
Nicole Beharie
as Allison Strider · Jamaican heritage · Black American
Giancarlo Esposito
as Vernon Dahmer · Black American
LisaGay Hamilton
as Ms. Rebecca Brewer · Black American
LaChanze
as Hattie Dahmer · Black American
Josh Lucas
as Everett Rhodes
David Strathairn
as Roy K. Moore
Ethan Embry
as Sam Bowers
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Why it's on the radar
Directed by Elegance Bratton; civil-rights-era story led by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.
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