The read
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes38%
Audiences rate it 25 points higher than critics do.
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Pierre ChenalScreenplay
- Pierre ChenalDirector
- Juan EhlertOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard WrightBigger Thomas
- Jean WallaceMary Dalton
- Gloria MadisonBessie Mears
- Nicholas JoyHenry Dalton
- Willa Pearl CurtisMrs. Hannah Thomas
- Ruth RobertHelen Dalton
- Charles CaneDet. Britten
- George D. GreenPanama
- George RigaudRalph Farley
- Gene MichaelJan Herlone
- Cecile LezardPeggy
Stills
Themes
chauffeurbased on novel or bookaccidental killing