Brothers

"He was a nobody; a black man in a white man's prison. She was a somebody; a notorious, beautiful, radical black professor. Their love story shocked the nation. This film is that story."

1977

1h 45m

1.0(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

Thinly disguised account of the relationship between radical black activist Angela Davis and Black Panther and prison inmate George Jackson, who was one of those killed in a failed 1971 prison breakout.

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54 members

Acting

Bernie Casey

David Thomas

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Vonetta McGee

Paula Jones

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Ron O'Neal

Walter Nance

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John Lehne

McGee

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Stu Gilliam

Robinson

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Renny Roker

Lewis

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Owen Pace

Joshua

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Dwan Smith

Kendra

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Martin St. Judge

Williams

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Ricardo Brown

Horton

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Susan Barrister

Tina

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John Zaremba

Judge Number Two

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Sam Nudell

Attorney Sirrell

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John Shay

Judge Number One

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Al Turner

Henry Taylor

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Joseph Havener

Warden

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Samantha Harper

Joan Kline

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Richard Collins

Davis Brother

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Richard Peck

Davis Brother

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Production

Mercedes Alberti

Female Guard

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Thomas Bellin

Guard

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Alonzo Bridges

Prisoner

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Joe Carlo

Sheriff

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David Clover

FBI Agent

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Robert Cortes

Student

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Carl M. Craig

Jack Browning

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Janet Dey

FBI Agent

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Oliver Fletcher

Lacy

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Sidney Galanty

Balaban

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William Gavitt Jr.

Government Man

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Jane Gibbons

Newscaster

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Ronald Gold

District Attorney

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Jack Haddock

Prisoner

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Tim Harris

Guard #2

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Mike Howard

Guard

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Traci Hunt

Mrs. Williams

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Len Jewell

Mr. Thomas

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Bruce Kerner

Guard

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Joan Lewis

Student

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Minnie Summers Lindsey

Old Lady

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Colin Male

Court Clerk

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Connie Morgan

Mrs. Thomas

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Zeno Nahayevsky

Guard

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Nick Pellegrino

Guard

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Kevin Ritchie

Guard

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Dick Ryal

FBI Agent

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Winston Satran

McGee's Aide

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David Shaw

Newscaster

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Bruce A. Simon

FBI Man

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Cynthia Songé

Staff Girl

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Jim Swoopes

Sen. Billings

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Edwin J. Thalman

Guard

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Alphonso Williams

Bill

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Dick Yarmy

D.A. Wayne

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