Five on the Black Hand Side
25/10/1973
2h

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
Mrs. Brooks


Leonard Jackson
Mr. Brooks


Virginia Capers
Ruby


Glynn Turman
Gideon


Dick Anthony Williams
Preston


Carl Franklin
Marvin


Ja'net DuBois
Stormy Monday


D'Urville Martin
Booker T.


Godfrey Cambridge
Godfrey Cambridge
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sweetmeat
Bonnie Banfield
Gail
Frankie Crocker
Rolls Royce
Tchaka Almoravids
Fun Loving


Henry G. Sanders
Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)
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