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Five on the Black Hand Side

Oscar Williams

1973 • 1h 36m

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) join...

Five on the Black Hand Side

Five on the Black Hand Side (1973, trailer) [Leonard Jackson, Clarice Taylor, Glynn Turman]

Cast

Clarice Taylor

Clarice TaylorMrs. Brooks

Leonard Jackson

Leonard JacksonMr. Brooks

Virginia Capers

Virginia CapersRuby

Glynn Turman

Glynn TurmanGideon

Dick Anthony Williams

Dick Anthony WilliamsPreston

Carl Franklin

Carl FranklinMarvin

Ja'net DuBois

Ja'net DuBoisStormy Monday

D'Urville Martin

D'Urville MartinBooker T.

Godfrey Cambridge

Godfrey CambridgeGodfrey Cambridge

Sonny Jim GainesSweetmeat

Bonnie BanfieldGail

Frankie CrockerRolls Royce

Tchaka AlmoravidsFun Loving

Henry G. Sanders

Henry G. SandersBarber Shop Patron (uncredited)

Crew

Brock Peters

Brock PetersProducer

Oscar Williams

Oscar WilliamsDirector

Michael Tolan

Michael TolanProducer

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Five on the Black Hand Side (1973) — Backlot Notes