
02/03/1977
Two black brothers in a traveling minstrel show in the early part of the twentieth century have two different goals. One brother is determined to succeed in a field that is dominated by white performers in blackface, and the other is a composer fighting to break away from the stereotypes associated with black minstrel performers.

Glynn Turman
as Harry Brown Jr.

Ted Ross
as Charlie Bates

Stanley Bennett Clay
as Rennie Brown

S. Pearl Sharp
as Jesamine

Art Evans
as Tambo

Gene Bell
as Harry Brown Sr. - Fat Man

Earl Billings
as George

Anthony Amos
as Young Harry Jr.

Amechi Uzodinma
as Young Rennie

Arthur Rooks
as Robert

Carol Sutton
as Tess

Wilbur Swartz
as Tobias Finch

Robert Earle
as Oliver Turpin

Don Lutenbacher
as Carmichael

Bill Holliday
as Pitchman

Robert Harper
as Fair Manager

Tonea Stewart
as Carla
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