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Feature film — 1973

Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)

7.21h 36mComedy

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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A high-signal pick with 6 votes.

United Artists / Five Hand Company

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Director: Oscar Williams

On screen

Cast & crew

Clarice Taylor as Mrs. Brooks

Clarice Taylor

Mrs. Brooks

Leonard Jackson as Mr. Brooks

Leonard Jackson

Mr. Brooks

Virginia Capers as Ruby

Virginia Capers

Ruby

Glynn Turman as Gideon

Glynn Turman

Gideon

Dick Anthony Williams as Preston

Dick Anthony Williams

Preston

Carl Franklin as Marvin

Carl Franklin

Marvin

Ja'net DuBois as Stormy Monday

Ja'net DuBois

Stormy Monday

D'Urville Martin as Booker T.

D'Urville Martin

Booker T.

Godfrey Cambridge as Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey Cambridge

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Sonny Jim Gaines

Sweetmeat

B

Bonnie Banfield

Gail

F

Frankie Crocker

Rolls Royce

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