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David Lee! David!

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Description: The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.

Cast:
Rebecca: Cicely Tyson
Nathan Lee: Paul Winfield
David Lee: Kevin Hooks
Mrs. Boatwright: Carmen Mathews
Ike: Taj Mahal
Sheriff Young: James Best
Earl: Eric Hooks
Josie Mae: Yvonne Jarrell
Harriet: Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Mr. Perkins: Teddy Airhart
Perkins' Foreman: Richard Durham
Deputy #1: Wendell Brumfield
Deputy #2: Al Bankston
Teacher: Myrl Sharkey
Court Clerk: Inez Durham
Judge: William T. Bennett
Pastor: Thomas N. Phillips
Wagon Driver: Carl Braser
Guard #1: Jerry Leggio
Guard #2: Peter Goff
Guard #3: Walter L. Chaney
Guard #4: Roy Idom
Convict #1: Randy Wilson
Convict #2: Isaac Greggs
Girl #1: Jackie Spears
Boy #1: Porter Mathews
Boy #2: Timothy Smith
Clarence: Spencer Bradford
Camille: Janet MacLachlan
Sounder: Swampy

Written by: Lonne Elder III, William H. Armstrong

Director: Martin Ritt

Production: Radnitz/Mattel Productions

Release date: 26 Apr 1973

Box Office: $3,100,601