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Native Son
Film / 1986

Native Son

Directed by Jerrold Freedman
Drama

★ 5.2/10Audience rating

In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.

The story

In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.

Cast

Victor LoveBigger Thomas Matt DillonJan Elizabeth McGovernMary Dalton Geraldine PagePeggy Oprah WinfreyMrs. Thomas Akosua BusiaBessie Carroll BakerMrs. Dalton John McMartinMr. Dalton Art EvansDoc John KarlenMax Willard E. PughGus David RascheBuckley
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Ving RhamesJack Lane SmithBritton George D. WallaceJudge Chuck HicksWhite Man #4 Shavar RossBuddy Richard WesleyBartender John OtrinReporter #1 Adam GregorReporter #2 William BoyettReporter #3 Robert Alan BrowneReporter #4 Arell BlantonWhite Man #3

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