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Sidney Poitier directs and stars in this all-black western about an ex-Union Army cavalry soldier leading a group of recently-freed slaves to the western frontier in post-Civil War America. Tagging along with Buck are his wife Ruth (Ruby Dee) and a con man disguised as a preacher (Harry Belafonte, in his first onscreen pairing with Poitier). The black homesteaders' progress is seriously impeded by a sadistic racist (Cameron Mitchell) and his band of murderous thugs who resent the slaves' newfound freedom and wish to send them back to a life of servitude and sharecropping in Louisiana. With equal parts drama and comedy--as well as Biblical allusions to the story of Exodus--Buck and his followers must summon all their courage to contend with the racists on their journey to freedom.
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Genres: |
Western |
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| Running Time: |
1 hr. 42 min. |
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| MPAA Rating: |
PG |
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| Distributors: |
Sony Pictures Releasing
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| Production Co.: |
E&R Productions Corporation, Belafonte Enterprises
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| Studios: |
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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