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24/09/1972 Drama 1h 45m
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Overview

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

  1. Martin Ritt

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Cicely Tyson

    Rebecca Morgan

  2. Paul Winfield

    Nathan Lee Morgan

  3. Kevin Hooks

    David Lee Morgan

  4. Taj Mahal

    Ike

  5. Janet MacLachlan

    Camille Johnson

  6. Carmen Mathews

    Mrs. Boatwright

  7. James Best

    Sheriff Charlie Young

  8. Eric Hooks

    Earl Morgan

  9. Yvonne Jarrell

    Josie Mae Morgan

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-05
After an energetic but fruitless coon hunt, “Nathan” (Paul Winfield) returns home to a family with his young son “David” (Kevin Hooks) and some empty bellies. They are a close and loving bunch and “Nathan” knows that nothing is likely to improve until the cropping season starts - but that is still some months away. Then he goes and gets himself imprisoned for stealing food and that leaves his wife “Rebecca” (Cicely Tyson) and the children to eke what they can and deal with the planting whilst he does twelve months hard labour. It doesn’t help their morale that they don’t ev...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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