Nothing But a Man

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Nothing But a Man

"Nothing But a Man has the violence, passion, tenderness of a Negro man and a girl in a smoldering southern town!"

1964

1h 35m

7.4(32 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

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Cast & Crew

37 members

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Ivan Dixon

Duff Anderson

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Abbey Lincoln

Josie

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Julius Harris

Will Anderson

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Gloria Foster

Lee

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Martin Priest

Mill Worker

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Leonard Parker

Frankie

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Yaphet Kotto

Jocko

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Stanley Greene

Rev. Dawson

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Helen Lounck

Effie Simms

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Helene Arrindell

Doris

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Walter Wilson

Car Owner

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Milton Williams

Pop

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Mel Stewart

Riddick

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Marshal Tompkin

Revivalist

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Alfred Puryear

Barney

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Ed Rowan

Willie

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Tom Ligon

Teenager

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William Jordan

Teenager

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Dorothy Hall

Soloist

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Gertrude Jeannette

Mrs. Dawson

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Gil Rogers

Mill Foreman

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Eugene Wood

Superintendant

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Jim Wright

Barman

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Arland Schubert

Hiring Boss

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Peter Carew

Store Keeper

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Bill Riola

Ginn Foreman

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Jay Brooks

Undertaker

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Robert Berger

Desk Clerk

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Jary Banks

Bessie

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Richard Ward

Mill Hand

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Moses Gunn

Mill Hand

Production

Mark Shapiro

Car Passenger

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William Phillips

Car Passenger

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Sylvia Ray

Church Woman

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Esther Rolle

Church Woman

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Evelyn Davis

Church Woman

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Richard Webber

Garage owner

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