Movie
Buck and the Preacher
Overview
A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Details
- Release date
- 1972-03-17
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Action, Comedy, Western, Adventure, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- E & R Productions Corp., Belafonte Enterprises, Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America, Mexico
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sidney Poitier as Buck
- Harry Belafonte as Preacher
- Ruby Dee as Ruth
- Cameron Mitchell as Deshay
- Denny Miller as Floyd
- Nita Talbot as Madam Esther
- John Kelly as Sheriff
- Tony Brubaker as Headman
- Bobby Johnson as Man Who is Shot
- James McEachin as Kingston
- Clarence Muse as Cudjo
- Lynn Hamilton as Sarah
Crew
- Sidney Poitier - Director
- Ernest Kinoy - Screenplay
- Ernest Kinoy - Story
- Drake Walker - Story
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