
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.
Director:

Clarice Taylor
Mrs. Brooks

Leonard Jackson
Mr. Brooks

Virginia Capers
Ruby

Glynn Turman
Gideon

Dick Anthony Williams
Preston

Carl Franklin
Marvin

Ja'net DuBois
Stormy Monday

D'Urville Martin
Booker T.

Godfrey Cambridge
Godfrey Cambridge

Sonny Jim Gaines
Sweetmeat

Bonnie Banfield
Gail

Frankie Crocker
Rolls Royce

Tchaka Almoravids
Fun Loving

Henry G. Sanders
Barber Shop Patron (uncredited)
![Five on the Black Hand Side (1973, trailer) [Leonard Jackson, Clarice Taylor, Glynn Turman]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2w9lHJ7bYk4/mqdefault.jpg)
Five on the Black Hand Side (1973, trailer) [Leonard Jackson, Clarice Taylor, Glynn Turman]