Film
Five on the Black Hand Side
1973 · 1h 36m · Comedy
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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.
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Cast
Clarice Taylor
Mrs. Brooks
Leonard Jackson
Mr. Brooks
Virginia Capers
Ruby
Glynn Turman
Gideon
Dick Anthony Williams
Preston
Carl Franklin
Marvin
Ja'net DuBois
Stormy Monday
D'Urville Martin
Booker T.
Godfrey Cambridge
Godfrey Cambridge
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sweetmeat
Bonnie Banfield
Gail
Frankie Crocker
Rolls Royce
Tchaka Almoravids
Fun Loving
Henry G. Sanders
Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)
Crew
- Oscar WilliamsDirector
- Charlie L. RussellScreenplay
- Brock PetersProducer
- Michael TolanProducer
- Gene PolitoDirector of Photography
- H.B. BarnumOriginal Music Composer
- Michael EconomouEditor
- Judith LandauCasting
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 25, 1973
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Comedy
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