Five on the Black Hand Side

Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)

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  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1973-10-25
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: United Artists
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Oscar Williams
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Summary

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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  • Clarice Taylor

    as Mrs. Brooks
  • Leonard Jackson

    as Mr. Brooks
  • Virginia Capers

    as Ruby
  • Glynn Turman

    as Gideon
  • Dick Anthony Williams

    as Preston
  • Carl Franklin

    as Marvin
  • Ja'net DuBois

    as Stormy Monday
  • D'Urville Martin

    as Booker T.
  • Godfrey Cambridge

    as Godfrey Cambridge
  • Sonny Jim Gaines

    as Sweetmeat
  • Bonnie Banfield

    as Gail
  • Frankie Crocker

    as Rolls Royce
  • Tchaka Almoravids

    as Fun Loving
  • Henry G. Sanders

    as Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)
Production Kay Korwin Associate Producer
Writing Charlie L. Russell Screenplay
Directing Oscar Williams Director
Production Brock Peters Producer
Sound H.B. Barnum Music
Writing Charlie L. Russell Teleplay
Production Michael Tolan Producer
Sound H.B. Barnum Original Music Composer
Camera Gene Polito Director of Photography
Editing Michael Economou Editor
Production Judith Landau Casting
Art Mary Swanson Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Ruby Ford Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Paul Stanhope Jr. Makeup Artist
Production Alan Belkin Executive In Charge Of Production
Directing Xavier Reyes Second Assistant Director
Directing Edward Teets Assistant Director
Art William M. Bates Property Master
Art Solomon Brewer Assistant Property Master
Art James L. Schoppe Set Designer
Sound Bernard F. Pincus Sound Effects Editor
Sound Ronald L. Stirling Boom Operator
Sound Richard Wagner Sound Mixer
Lighting Glen Knight Gaffer
Camera Bob Rose Key Grip
Camera Jack Willoughby Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up Stephanie Colin Wardrobe Coordinator
Editing David Ramirez Associate Editor
Sound Milton Lustig Music Editor
Directing Marvin Weldon Script Supervisor

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