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GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 84GoodWatch 84
IMDb8.4
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for dramas, −9 min on the typical 109
typical 109100Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1977
March 2, 1977
49 years ago
Genres
DramaTV MovieLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
and 5 more17 people
- Glynn TurmanHarry Brown Jr.
- Ted RossCharlie Bates
- Stanley Bennett ClayRennie Brown
- S. Pearl SharpJesamine
- Art EvansTambo
- GBGene BellHarry Brown Sr. - Fat Man
- Earl BillingsGeorge
- AAAnthony AmosYoung Harry Jr.
- AUAmechi UzodinmaYoung Rennie
- ARArthur RooksRobert
- Carol SuttonTess
- WSWilbur SwartzTobias Finch
- RERobert EarleOliver Turpin
- DLDon LutenbacherCarmichael
- BHBill HollidayPitchman
- RHRobert HarperFair Manager
- Tonea StewartCarla
Directing · 1
- William A. Graham Director
Writing · 2
- Esther Shapiro Writer
- Richard Alan Shapiro Writer
Production · 4
- Roger Gimbel Executive Producer
- Edward L. Rissien Executive Producer
- Mitchell Brower Producer
- Robert Lovenheim Producer
Editing · 1
- Ronald J. Fagan Editor
Sound · 1
- Fred Karlin Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Hilyard M. Brown Art Direction
Other crew · 2
- Donald McKayle Choreographer
- Michael D. Margulies Cinematography
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