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Brother John(1971)

Brother John just blew into town...and the town is about to blow apart!

Drama Science Fiction

Status: Released
Release date: 1971-08-15
Runtime: 1h 35m
Rating: 6.5 / 10 (16 votes)
Original language: en
Certification: PG
Budget: -
Revenue: -
Popularity: 1
Adult content: No

Overview

An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.

Crew highlights

Directors

James Goldstone

Writers

Ernest Kinoy - Writer

Producers

Joel Glickman

Cast

Sidney Poitier portrait

Sidney Poitier

John Kane

Will Geer portrait

Will Geer

Doc Thomas

Bradford Dillman portrait

Brother John (1971) | teasertrack

Bradford Dillman

Lloyd Thomas

Beverly Todd portrait

Beverly Todd

Louisa MacGill

Ramon Bieri portrait

Ramon Bieri

Orly Ball

Warren J. Kemmerling portrait

Warren J. Kemmerling

George

Lincoln Kilpatrick portrait

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Charley Gray

P. Jay Sidney

Rev. MacGill

Richard Ward portrait

Richard Ward

Frank

Paul Winfield portrait

Paul Winfield

Henry Birkardt

Zara Cully portrait

Zara Cully

Miss Nettie

Michael Bell portrait

Michael Bell

Cleve

Howard Rice

Jimmy

Darlene Rice

Marsha

Harry Davis

Turnkey

Lynn Hamilton portrait

Lynn Hamilton

Sarah

Gene Tyburn portrait

Gene Tyburn

Calvin

E.A. Nicholson

Perry

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Production companies

E&R
E&R
Columbia Pictures

Countries

United States of America

Spoken languages

English

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Keywords

southern usapolice corruptionracismracial tensionlabor strikepicketing

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