Rated PG. "9963.". Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. Based on the novel by Richard Wright. Videocassette release of the 1986 motion picture. Carroll Baker, Akosua Busia, Matt Dillon, Art Evans, John Karlen, Victor Love, Elizabeth McGovern, John McMartin, Geraldine Page, Willard E. Pugh, David Rasche, Lane Smith, Oprah Winfrey.
Summary:
Bigger Thomas, the black chauffeur for the wealthy Dalton family, is accused of the murder of the Daltons' daughter Mary. The search for Mary's missing body and Thomas' trial shake the family and the city of Chicago, exposing the fears and prejudices of the late 1940's.
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