Five on the Black Hand Side

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Oscar WilliamsDirector
• Charlie L. RussellScreenplay
• H.B. BarnumOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Clarice TaylorMrs. Brooks
• Leonard JacksonMr. Brooks
• Virginia CapersRuby
• Glynn TurmanGideon
• Dick Anthony WilliamsPreston
• Carl FranklinMarvin
• Ja'net DuBoisStormy Monday
• D'Urville MartinBooker T.
• Godfrey CambridgeGodfrey Cambridge
• Sonny Jim GainesSweetmeat
• Bonnie BanfieldGail
• Frankie CrockerRolls Royce

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