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Brother John is a american film of genre Drama directed by James Goldstone released in USA on 15 august 1971 with Sidney Poitier

Brother John (1971)

Brother John
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Released in USA 15 august 1971
Length 1h35
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Science fiction
Rating63% 3.196573.196573.196573.196573.19657

Brother John is a 1971 drama film about an enigmatic African-American man who shows up every time a relative is about to die. In this story, he returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer.

Synopsis

His arrival into town is clouded by unrest at a factory where workers are seeking to unionize. Local authorities wrongly suspect John to be an outside agitator for the union cause. The suspicions of the local Sheriff and Doc Thomas' son, the District Attorney, grow after they search John's room and find a passport filled with visa stamps from countries all over the world, even some that few Americans are allowed to travel to. They also find newspaper clippings in a variety of different languages. Only Doc Thomas suspects that John's real purpose is something else.

Actors

Sidney Poitier

(John Kane)Will Geer

(Doc Thomas)Bradford Dillman

(Lloyd Thomas)Beverly Todd

(Louisa MacGill)Ramon Bieri

(Orly Ball)
And :
Warren J. Kemmerling
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Richard Ward
Paul Winfield
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