Native Son
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jerrold Freedman
Carroll Baker
Akosua Busia
Matt Dillon
Art Evans
John Karlen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Chicago during the Depression, an African-American man named Bigger Thomas is trying to improve his station in life through his job as chauffeur to a weathly white family. In addition to bossing Bigger around, the family's daugther also routinely make advances to him. One evening when she is drunkenly flirting with him in her bedroom, the girl's blind mother comes into the room, and Bigger, sure that he will be accused of rape, attempts to stiffle the girl, accidentally killing her. Panicked, Bigger hides her body and claims that she was kidnapped by her boyfriend, a communist activist. But Bigger is charged with the murder and ultimately executed.
Director
Jerrold Freedman
Cast
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
Chuck Hicks
John Otrin
Crew
Henri Bollinger
Thomas Burstyn
Thomas Burstyn
Janet L Davidson
Len Glascow
Anne Kuljian
Lindsay Law
Toti Levine
Stephen Marsh
Hank Mccann
Stephanie Mills
James Mtume
James Mtume
Allan Nicholls
Dunn Pearson
Dunn Pearson
Diane Silver
Diane Silver
Aaron Stell
Mark F. Ulano
Theadora Van Runkle
Richard Wesley
Randell Widner
Hilary Wright
Richard Wright
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 24, 1986
Re-released in United States on Video January 30, 1996
Re-released in United States on Video January 5, 1994
Broadcast over PBS on "American Playhouse" April 4, 1990.
Released in USA on video.
Began shooting March 17, 1986.
Re-released in United States on Video January 5, 1994
Re-released in United States on Video January 30, 1996
Released in United States Winter December 24, 1986
