The read
It runs long at 3h 6m.
Synopsis
A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
14 audience votes
Key crew
- George Stevens Jr.Director
- George Stevens Jr.Writer
- Carl DavisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sidney PoitierThurgood Marshall
- Burt LancasterJohn W. Davis
- Richard KileyChief Justice Earl Warren
- Cleavon LittleRobert L. 'Bob' Carter
- Gloria FosterVivian 'Buster' Marshall
- John McMartinGovernor James F. Byrnes
- Mark HammerAssociate Justice Stanley Forman Reed
- Graham BeckelJosiah C. Tulley
- Jeffrey WrightWilliam Coleman
- Ed HallReverend J.A. Delaine
- Lynne ThigpenRuth Alice Stovall
- Hallie FooteJulia Davis