When there's murder on the streets, everyone is a suspect.

A gritty, realistic adaptation of Richard Price's best-selling novel, director Spike Lee examines the violent world of urban drug dealing through the eyes of Strike (Mekhi Phifer), a 19-year-old "clocker," short for round-the-clock pusher. Strike agrees to kill a fellow employee of his boss Rodney Little (Delroy Lindo), an influential, popular drug lord. But when the hit goes down, it is Strike's moral, law-abiding brother Victor (Isaiah Washington) who confesses, shocking everyone. The detective assigned to the case, Rocco Klein (Harvey Keitel), doesn't believe Victor - the more that Klein, along with others in Strike's life, start putting the heat on, the more the clocker finds himself up against the wall. The question is: Who is the real killer?

Shot on location in New York City and Mexico. 'Clockers' was originally supposed to be directed by Martin Scorsese, with Robert DeNiro in the role of Rocco Klein. The pair decided to film 'Casino' instead, and Lee stepped in - Scorsese remained a producer.