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6.8/10 • 5

1973-10-25 • 1h 36m

Comedy

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.

Directors
Oscar Williams
Editors
Michael Economou

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Clarice Taylor

    Clarice Taylor

    Mrs. Brooks

  2. Leonard Jackson

    Leonard Jackson

    Mr. Brooks

  3. Virginia Capers

    Virginia Capers

    Ruby

  4. Glynn Turman

    Glynn Turman

    Gideon

  5. Dick Anthony Williams

    Dick Anthony Williams

    Preston

  6. Carl Franklin

    Carl Franklin

    Marvin

  7. Ja'net DuBois

    Ja'net DuBois

    Stormy Monday

  8. D'Urville Martin

    D'Urville Martin

    Booker T.

  9. Godfrey Cambridge

    Godfrey Cambridge

    Godfrey Cambridge

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Keywords
family relationshipsblaxploitation cinemaweddinghilariousadmiringcelebratoryvibrant