Native Son (1951)
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African-American playwright Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son was too explosive for any Hollywood studio in 1951. However, an enterprising Argentine filmmaking firm was able to attain American backing (and a few location shots filmed in Chicago) for a cheap but satisfying cinemazation of the novel. Author Wright himself is cast as Bigger Thomas, a young Chicago black man who chafes at the thought of never being considered an equal in a white-dominated society. Bigger gets a job as chauffeur
Mar 30, 1994
Cast
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Richard Wright
Bigger Thomas -
Jean Wallace
Mary Dalton -
Gloria Madison
Bessie Mears -
Nicholas Joy
Mr.Dalton -
Charles Cane
Britten -
George Rigaud
Farley -
George D. Green
Panama -
Willa Pearl Curtis
Hannah Thomas
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All Critics (4) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (3)
Limited budget, black and white melodramatic pacing and scripting, awkward direction and inferior acting are what contribute to its shortcomings as pure film.
When Richard Wright went wrong.
A mediocre 'man-on-the-run' crime drama without any twists or likable three-dimensional characters to keep your interest.
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