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Native Son (1951 film)

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Director
  
Pierre Chenal

Distributor
  
Argentina Sono Film

Language
  
Spanish

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
Argentina

Native Son (1951 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Richard Wright
,
Pierre Chenal

Release date
  
1951

Cast
  
Richard Wright
(Bigger Thomas),
Gloria Madison
(Bessie Mears),
Willa Pearl Curtis
(Mrs. Hannah Thomas),
Nicholas Joy
(Henry Dalton),
Ruth Robert
(Helen Dalton),
Charles Cane
(Det. Britten)

Genres
  
Drama, Black-and-white, Historical period drama

Written by
  
Richard Wright, Pierre Chenal

Similar movies
  
The Tuxedo
,
Driving Miss Daisy
,
The Good German
,
Sabrina
,
High and Low
,
Sabrina

Tagline
  
I didn't mean to KILL her!

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Native Son (1951), also known as Sangre negra, is a black-and-white Argentine film directed by the French filmmaker Pierre Chenal.

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The film is based on the novel Native Son by American author Richard Wright, who also starred in the film. Actor Canada Lee was originally scheduled to play the role but had difficulties with his visa while filming Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) in South Africa and had to decline the role.

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Cast

  • Richard Wright: Bigger Thomas
  • Willa Pearl Curtis: Mrs. Hannah Thomas
  • Gloria Madison: Bessie Mears
  • Lidia Alves: Vera Thomas
  • Leslie Straugh: Buddy Thomas
  • Nicholas Joy: Henry Dalton
  • Ruth Robert: Helen Dalton
  • Jean Wallace: Mary Dalton
  • Charles Cane: Detective Britten
  • George D. Green: Panama
  • George Rigaud: Farley, a reporter
  • Charles Simmonds: Ernie
  • References

    Native Son (1951 film) Wikipedia
    Native Son (1951 film) IMDb Native Son (1951 film) themoviedb.org