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About
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.
Theatrical
Oct 25, 1973
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 16, 2001
Director
Writer
Charlie L. Russell
Producers
Brock Peters, Kay Korwin, Michael Tolan
Music
Studio
United Artists, Five Hand Company
Cast
Full credits →C
Clarice Taylor
Mrs. Brooks
L
Leonard Jackson
Mr. Brooks
V
Virginia Capers
Ruby
G
Glynn Turman
Gideon
D
Dick Anthony Williams
Preston
C
Carl Franklin
Marvin
J
Ja'net DuBois
Stormy Monday
D
D'Urville Martin
Booker T.
G
Godfrey Cambridge
Godfrey Cambridge
S
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sweetmeat
F
Frankie Crocker
Rolls Royce
H
Henry G. Sanders
Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)
