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Five on the Black Hand Side

Genre:Comedy

Released:1973-10-25

Runtime:96

Overview

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.


Cast:

Clarice Taylor

Character: Mrs. Brooks

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Leonard Jackson

Character: Mr. Brooks

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Virginia Capers

Character: Ruby

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Glynn Turman

Character: Gideon

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Dick Anthony Williams

Character: Preston

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Carl Franklin

Character: Marvin

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Ja'net DuBois

Character: Stormy Monday

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D'Urville Martin

Character: Booker T.

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Godfrey Cambridge

Character: Godfrey Cambridge

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Sonny Jim Gaines

Character: Sweetmeat

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Bonnie Banfield

Character: Gail

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Frankie Crocker

Character: Rolls Royce

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Tchaka Almoravids

Character: Fun Loving

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Henry G. Sanders

Character: Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)

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