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1972 Certificate PG
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Sidney Poitier directs and stars in this all-black western about an ex-Union Army cavalry soldier leading a group of recently-freed slaves to the western frontier in post-Civil War America. Tagging along with Buck are his wife Ruth (Ruby Dee) and a con man disguised as a preacher (Harry Belafonte, in his first onscreen pairing .. Read more

Starring Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Cameron Mitchell, Ruby Dee
Director Sidney Poitier
Genres Action/Adventure

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Buck And The Preacher

Sidney Poitier directs and stars in this all-black western about an ex-Union Army cavalry soldier leading a group of recently-freed slaves to the western frontier in post-Civil War America. Tagging along with Buck are his wife Ruth (Ruby Dee) and a con man disguised as a preacher (Harry Belafonte, in his first onscreen pairing with Poitier). The black homesteaders' progress is seriously impeded by a sadistic racist (Cameron Mitchell) and his band of murderous thugs who resent the slaves' newfound freedom and wish to send them back to a life of servitude and sharecropping in Louisiana. With equal parts drama and comedy--as well as Biblical allusions to the story of Exodus--Buck and his followers must summon all their courage to contend with the racists on their journey to freedom.

Starring Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Cameron Mitchell, Ruby Dee, Nita Talbot, John Kelly, Denny Miller
Director Sidney Poitier
Studio SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 38 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Action/Adventure
Language DVD: English
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released DVD: 28 Jul 2003
Production year: 1972
Format DVD

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    Sidney Poitier's first film as director is a lively reworking of a Wagon Train idea, with Poitier as leader of a group of slaves, newly freed after the American Civil War, making their way through the wilderness despite harassment by white nightriders trying to take them back to the plantations. A mainly black cast notably avoids “hush-mah-mouth” clichés, while Harry Belafonte gives real edge to his con-man preacher whose slickness turns eventually to integrity. One of those rare movies in which the Indians rather than the cowboys ride to the rescue.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • Poitier's first film as director has an excellent subject which is rather reminiscent of Ford's Wagon Master: the long,... read more on Time Out

    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

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    Rated - 1 star

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    i didnt receive the film through the post it was returned, but i have re ordered it, so hopefully able to review once i get it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      • A customer from london england
      • Posted 31 Jan 2006 17:12

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