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Native Son is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jerrold Freedman released in USA on 24 december 1986 with Matt Dillon

Native Son (1986)

Native Son
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Released in USA 24 december 1986
Length 1h51
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating59% 2.9989852.9989852.9989852.9989852.998985

Native Son is a 1986 American drama film, directed by Jerrold Freeman, and starring Carroll Baker, Victor Love, Matt Dillon, and Oprah Winfrey. The film is based on the 1940 novel Native Son, written by Richard Wright.

Synopsis

Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Bigger Thomas, an African American who lives in an impoverished neighborhood, is employed by a prosperous white family who live in the suburbs of a major city. The money Bigger makes at his new job will be used to supplement his mother's income. As a chauffeur, he is directed by the father of the family to take Mary, the daughter, to the university. Instead, Mary decides to pick up her Socialist boyfriend, Jan, and to spend the time drinking and partying.

Actors

Matt Dillon

(Jan)Oprah Winfrey

(Mrs. Thomas)Elizabeth McGovern

(Mary Dalton)Geraldine Page

(Peggy)Akosua Busia

(Bessie)
And :
Carroll Baker
John McMartin
Art Evans
John Karlen
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