Native Son

Name: Native Son
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 5.2

1986 · 111 min

Drama

★ 5.2

not streaming

Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Jerrold Freedman
Screenplay Richard Wesley
Writer Richard Wright
Director of Photography Thomas Burstyn

Cast

Victor Love
Bigger Thomas
Matt Dillon
Jan
Elizabeth McGovern
Mary Dalton
Geraldine Page
Peggy
Oprah Winfrey
Mrs. Thomas
Akosua Busia
Bessie
Carroll Baker
Mrs. Dalton
John McMartin
Mr. Dalton
Art Evans
Doc
John Karlen
Max
Willard E. Pugh
Gus
David Rasche
Buckley

Crew

Director — Jerrold Freedman
Screenplay — Richard Wesley
Writer — Richard Wright
Director of Photography — Thomas Burstyn

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