Summary A floundering Harlem barbershop is the setting and the cauldron of action that leads to tragic consequences. Russell B Parker, a former vaudeville hoofer, is a man of big dreams but small ambitions. He hardly works at all in fact, often spending the time incessantly playing checkers with his friend, William Jenkins. Parker lives with Theopolis and Bobby, his two unemployed sons, and Adele, his hard-working daughter. The ghost of his dead wife, a woman who drove herself into an early grave working to support the family, nags at his conscience. View more details
Directed : Michael Schultz Kirk Browning
Written : Lonne Elder III
Stars : Rosalind Cash Godfrey Cambridge Robert Hooks J. Eric Bell
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jan 5, 1975
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Summary A floundering Harlem barbershop is the setting and the cauldron of action that leads to tragic consequences. Russell B Parker, a former vaudeville hoofer, is a man of big dreams but small ambitions. He hardly works at all in fact, often spending the time incessantly playing checkers with his friend, William Jenkins. Parker lives with Theopolis and Bobby, his two unemployed sons, and Adele, his hard-working daughter. The ghost of his dead wife, a woman who drove herself into an early grave working to support the family, nags at his conscience. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Jan 5, 1975
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
