movie backdrop
Five on the Black Hand Side

Five on the Black Hand Side

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew
  • Recommendations

Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 25, 1973

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

75%

Original Title

Five on the Black Hand Side

Production Companies

United Artists, Five Hand Company

Director

Oscar Williams

Description

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.