Directed by:
Stan LathanCinematography:
Tak FujimotoCast:
Henry Fonda, LeVar Burton, Madge Sinclair, Robert DoQui, Garry Goodrow, Robert Easton, Christopher BrooksPlots(1)
Although Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930's, this 15 year-old's problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. "Almos' A Man", yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity. There's one thing, one symbol of manhood, Dave thinks, that could guarantee him instant respect: a gun.
Dave finds a way to buy a pistol and at last, is ready to pull the trigger for the first time, never again will they call him a boy...but, he trembles, the gun overpowers the boy's body and he loses control.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Henry Fonda
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Fail-Safe (1964)
LeVar Burton
West Germany
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)
Roots (2016) (series)
Madge Sinclair
Jamaica
Best movies:
The Lion King (1994)
Roots (1977) (series)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series) - a.f.
Robert DoQui
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
RoboCop (1987)
Garry Goodrow
USA
Best movies:
American Hot Wax (1978)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
The Connection (1961)
Robert Easton
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Christopher Brooks
Best movies:
Magnum Force (1973)
Space Is the Place (1974)
The Mack (1973)