Cindy

Cindy

98 mins | Drama, Music, TV Movie | March 24, 1978

A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill Ball, her draft-dodging, chauffeur neighbor whips up a little "magic" and at the ball she catches the eye of the richest man in Harlem.

Cindy

98 mins | Drama, Music, TV Movie | March 24, 1978

Cindy
A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill Ball, her draft-dodging, chauffeur neighbor whips up a little "magic" and at the ball she catches the eye of the richest man in Harlem.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Paramount Television, John-Charles-Walters Productions
Original title Cindy
Directors William A. Graham
Writers Ed. Weinberger, David Davis, Stan Daniels, James L. Brooks

Cast

Scoey Mitchell

as Father

Mae Mercer

as Sara Hayes

Nell Carter

as Olive

Alaina Reed Hall

as Venus

Cleavant Derricks

as Michael Simpson

Clifton Davis

as Captain Joe Prince

W. Benson Terry

as Miles Archer

John Hancock

as Wilcox

Richard Stahl

as Recruiter

Noble Willingham

as Sergeant

Burke Byrnes

as Swearing-In Officer

Helen Martin

as Flower Lady

Graham Brown

as Minister

Don Dandridge

as Military Policeman

Spo-De-Odee

as Wino

Boyd Bodwell

as Recruit

Joe George

as Doctor

Don Abney

as Musician

Harold Acey

as Musician

David Dyson

as Musician

James S. Meredith

as Musician

Jake Vernon Porter

as Musician

Robert Smith

as Musician