Five on the Black Hand Side

Five on the Black Hand Side

96 mins | Comedy | Oct. 25, 1973

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.

Five on the Black Hand Side

96 mins | Comedy | Oct. 25, 1973

Five on the Black Hand Side
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers United Artists, Five Hand Company
Original title Five on the Black Hand Side
Directors Oscar Williams
Writers Charlie L. Russell

Cast

Clarice Taylor

as Mrs. Brooks

Leonard Jackson

as Mr. Brooks

Virginia Capers

as Ruby

Glynn Turman

as Gideon

Carl Franklin

as Marvin

Ja'net DuBois

as Stormy Monday

D'Urville Martin

as Booker T.

Godfrey Cambridge

as Godfrey Cambridge

Sonny Jim Gaines

as Sweetmeat

Bonnie Banfield

as Gail