Buck and the preacher [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents an E & R Production Corp., Belafonte Enterprises, Inc. co-production ; producer, Joel Glickman ; screenplay, Ernest Kinoy ; directed by Sidney Poitier.
Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Special features: Widescreen version on side A, full screen version on side B; production notes; talent files; original theatrical poster; theatrical trailer; bonus trailers.
Summary:
An ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife and a Bible-thumping con artist. Attacked by racist bounty hunters, Buck and his followers must summon courage in order to help settle the wild west.
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