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Five on the Black Hand Side

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Duration96 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateOct 25, 1973

Overview

Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.

Genres

  • Comedy

Casts

Clarice Taylor

Clarice Taylor

Mrs. Brooks

Leonard Jackson

Leonard Jackson

Mr. Brooks

Virginia Capers

Virginia Capers

Ruby

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Gideon

Dick Anthony Williams

Preston

Carl Franklin

Carl Franklin

Marvin

Ja'net DuBois

Ja'net DuBois

Stormy Monday

D'Urville Martin

D'Urville Martin

Booker T.

Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge

Sonny Jim Gaines

Sweetmeat

Bonnie Banfield

Gail

Frankie Crocker

Rolls Royce

Tchaka Almoravids

Fun Loving

Henry G. Sanders

Henry G. Sanders

Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)