Directed by:
Jerrold FreedmanScreenplay:
Richard WesleyCinematography:
Thomas BurstynComposer:
James MtumeCast:
Matt Dillon, Elizabeth McGovern, Geraldine Page, Akosua Busia, Carroll Baker, John McMartin, Art Evans, John Karlen, David Rasche, Willard E. Pugh, Ving Rhames (more)Plots(1)
In Chicago during the Depression, an African-American man named Bigger Thomas is trying to improve his station in life through his job as chauffeur to a weathly white family. In addition to bossing Bigger around, the family's daugther also routinely make advances to him. One evening when she is drunkenly flirting with him in her bedroom, the girl's blind mother comes into the room, and Bigger, sure that he will be accused of rape, attempts to stiffle the girl, accidentally killing her. Panicked, Bigger hides her body and claims that she was kidnapped by her boyfriend, a communist activist. But Bigger is charged with the murder and ultimately executed. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Matt Dillon
USA
Best movies:
Crash (2004)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) (video compilation)
Frankie Starlight (1995)
Elizabeth McGovern
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Ordinary People (1980)
Kick-Ass (2010)
Geraldine Page
USA
Best movies:
The Blue and the Gray (1982) (series)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
The Day of the Locust (1975)
Akosua Busia
Ghana
Best movies:
The Color Purple (1985)
Crossroads (1986)
Dead Man's Walk (1996) (series)
Carroll Baker
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
The Big Country (1958)
Giant (1956)
John McMartin
USA
Best movies:
Brubaker (1980)
All the President's Men (1976)
Kinsey (2004)
Art Evans
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road (2002)
Tuff Turf (1985)
John Karlen
USA
Best movies:
Racing with the Moon (1984)
The Winds of War (1983) (series)
The Cover Girl and the Cop (1989) (TV movie)
David Rasche
USA
Best movies:
Manhattan (1979)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Willard E. Pugh
USA
Best movies:
The Color Purple (1985)
Made in Heaven (1987)
CB4 (1993)
Ving Rhames
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Lane Smith
USA
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000)
Frances (1982)
Oprah Winfrey
USA
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation)
The Color Purple (1985)
Tina Turner: Celebrate Live 1999 (1999) (concert)
William Boyett
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Airport (1970)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
George Wallace
USA
Best movies:
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Minority Report (2002)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Robert Alan Browne
USA
Best movies:
Columbo (1971) (series)
Wrong Is Right (1982)
Hysterical (1983)
Shavar Ross
USA
Best movies:
John Otrin
Best movies:
Maverick (1994)
Chaplin (1992)
Crossroads (1986)
Richard Wesley
USA
Chuck Hicks
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Raging Bull (1980)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)