Hurricane Carter movie was good, but quite untrue. Same for the Bob Dylan song. I believe he was guilty. In movie he is top fighter, in real life he was out of contention at time of his arrest for murder. They show police being jealous of his money, when in reality he was scraping by in months leading to his arrest. In Dylan song, he is called number one contender for crown, which he was not. After the fight shown where he loses for title, he lost most of his following fights. he was in financial downfall when arrested, not doing well as movie showed.

Aside from aspect of his crime, he also did not get robbed of title, the man he fought sued producers and they immediately settled.


here is a good read on him http://www.graphicwitness.com/carter/moviepoints.html