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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Cast
James Earl Jones
Percy Banks
Courtney B. Vance
Wayne 'Thunder' Carter
Gloria Foster
Sugar Brown
Zakes Mokae
Pee Wee
Gloria Reuben
Suzanne
Billy Dee Williams
Ralph Tate
Robert Wuhl
Jim Keisling
Antonio Fargas
Spider
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ivan Dixon
- Writers
- Art Washington
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ivan Dixon directs. Héctor R. Figueroa behind the camera. Diane Adler cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Ivan Dixon, shot by Héctor R. Figueroa. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Diane Adler shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4James Earl Jones and Courtney B. Vance and Gloria Foster carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt0107804 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Héctor R. Figueroa
- Editing
- Diane Adler
- Production design
- Phil Peters
- Runtime
- 100 min · 1h 40m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Ivan Dixon
Production companies
Who made it
Amblin Television
US
- WR
Writers Cinema
Turner Pictures
US
- MI
Michael Brandman Productions
Key crew
- Executive ProducerMichael Brandman
- ProducerLeanne Moore
- MusicTom Scott
- MusicGrover Washington Jr.
- EditorDiane Adler
- Production DesignPhil Peters
- Art DirectionColin De Rouin
Release history · US
When it landed
- TV1993-09-07· TNT
