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Buck and the Preacher is a 1972 American Western film released by Columbia Pictures, written by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Sidney Poitier. Poitier also stars in the film alongside Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee. This is the first film Sidney Poitier directed.
Mar 17, 1972 · Buck and the Preacher: Directed by Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent. With Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell. A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
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Apr 11, 2023. Feb 15, 2023. Rated: 3.5/4 • Sep 14, 2022. Following the end of the Civil War, soldier-turned-trail-guide Buck (Sidney Poitier) makes a living by helping former slaves find...
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A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West. After the American Civil War, many freed slaves head out West in search of free land and a better life. Former slave and Union Army sergeant Buck becomes a self-employed wagon master to wagon trains of freed slaves heading West.
Mar 1, 2023 · Peter Bradshaw. Wed 1 Mar 2023 04.00 EST. T he rediscovery of black American cinema continues with the rerelease of Sidney Poitier’s directorial debut from 1972: a terrifically enjoyable western...
Combining boisterous buddy comedy with blistering, Black Power–era political fury, Poitier and a marvelously mischievous Belafonte star as a tough and taciturn wagon master and an unscrupulous, pistol-packing “preacher,” who join forces in order to take on the white bounty hunters threatening a westward-bound caravan of people recently ...
