Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)
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96 min
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.
- Release date
- October 25, 1973
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Godfrey Cambridge as Godfrey Cambridge
- Clarice Taylor as Mrs. Brooks
- Leonard Jackson as Mr. Brooks
- Virginia Capers as Ruby
- Glynn Turman as Gideon
- D'Urville Martin as Booker T.
- Dick Anthony Williams as Preston
- Sonny Jim Gaines as Sweetmeat
- Ja'net DuBois as Stormy Monday
- Bonnie Banfield as Gail
Crew
- Oscar Williams · Director
- Charlie L. Russell · Writer
- Brock Peters · Producer
- Michael Tolan · Producer
- H.B. Barnum · Composer
- Gene Polito · Cinematographer
- Michael Economou · Editor
- Judith Landau · Casting director