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Film / 1972
Sounder
Directed by
Martin Ritt
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.
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Sounder Collection
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Sounder, Part 2
Cast
Cicely TysonRebecca Morgan
Paul WinfieldNathan Lee Morgan
Kevin HooksDavid Lee Morgan
Taj MahalIke
Janet MacLachlanCamille Johnson
Carmen MathewsMrs. Boatwright
James BestSheriff Charlie Young
Eric HooksEarl Morgan
Yvonne JarrellJosie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba WilliamsHarriet
Teddy AirhartMr. Perkins
Richard DurhamPerkins' Foreman
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Wendell BrumfieldDeputy #1
Al BankstonDeputy #2
Myrl SharkeyTeacher
Inez DurhamCourt Clerk
William T. BennettJudge
Thomas N. PhillipsPastor
Carl BraserWagon Driver
Jerry LeggioGuard #1
Peter GoffGuard #2
Walter L. ChaneyGuard #3
Roy IdomGuard #4
Randy WilsonConvict #1
Isaac GreggsConvict #2
Jackie SpearsGirl #1
Porter MathewsBoy #1
Timothy SmithBoy #2
Spencer BradfordClarence
SwampySounder (uncredited)
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