Five on the Black Hand Side

Plot Summary

Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband's retrogressive behavior.

Top Cast

Clarice Taylor Mrs. Brooks

Leonard Jackson Mr. Brooks

Virginia Capers Ruby

Glynn Turman Gideon

Dick Anthony Williams Preston