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7.2/10
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A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.A charismatic old acquaintance drifts into town, stirring up trouble for a mild-mannered family.
- Awards
- 7 wins & 12 nominations total
DeVaughn Nixon
- Sunny
- (as Devaughn Walter Nixon)
DeForest Covan
- Fred Jenkins
- (as DeForest Coven)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
- Quotes
Harry: Ya, but you can't do the shuffle with one leg. You and your wife, in fortunate. Now I'm not talking about you and what you do but some folks that always run to help the victim, deep down are attracted to pain and suffering and love to be near the dying.
Junior: All the people working with us are really doing it 'cause they hate to see suffering.
Harry: You never know what's in the heart and just because you can cry doesn't make you human.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Siskel & Ebert: Congo/The Glass Shield/Pocahontas/Fluke (1995)
- SoundtracksPrecious Memories
Traditional, attributed to J.B.F. Wright
Performed by Sister Rosetta Tharpe (as Sister Rosetta Thorpe)
Courtesy of SAVOY Records
Featured review
. . . as I have ever seen on film. Danny Glover is an incredibly convincing devilish character - tossed into the midst of your average, striving African-American family. To see his interplay with the parents - who thought they had left their small town ways and superstitions behind - as well as with the two sons - an almost classical prodigal son story - was to witness what surely was one of the best movies of a great movie decade. This movie cemented my status as an ardent admirer of the work of Charles Burnett, surely the cream of the new crop of talented American directors. This is a very suspenseful film, one that will enlighten those with a desire to learn more about the Black experience in America.
- jericho4119
- Jan 30, 2004
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,161,135
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,295
- Oct 14, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $1,161,135
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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