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Five on the Black Hand Side poster

Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)

You've been coffy-tized, blacula-rized and super-flied - but now you're gonna be glorified, unified and filled-with-pride... when you see

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.

Release: 1973-10-25
Runtime: 96 min
Rating: 6.8 / 10
Cast
Clarice Taylor
Clarice Taylor
Mrs. Brooks
Leonard Jackson
Leonard Jackson
Mr. Brooks
Virginia Capers
Virginia Capers
Ruby
Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman
Gideon
Dick Anthony Williams
Dick Anthony Williams
Preston
Carl Franklin
Carl Franklin
Marvin
Ja'net DuBois
Ja'net DuBois
Stormy Monday
D'Urville Martin
D'Urville Martin
Booker T.
Godfrey Cambridge
Godfrey Cambridge
Godfrey Cambridge
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Sonny Jim Gaines
Sweetmeat
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Bonnie Banfield
Gail
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Frankie Crocker
Rolls Royce
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Tchaka Almoravids
Fun Loving
Henry G. Sanders
Henry G. Sanders
Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)