American Playhouse

Native Son

Directed by Jerrold Freedman
TV-PG
S7 • E14    Jun 29, 1988    1h 51m
In 1940s Chicago, a young Black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the couple's teenage daughter and then tries to cover it up.

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Cast of Native Son

  • Victor LoveBigger Thomas
  • Elizabeth McGovernMary Dalton
  • John McMartinHenry Dalton
  • Carroll BakerMrs. Dalton
  • Matt DillonJan Erlone
  • Willard E. PughGus
  • Ving RhamesJack Harding
  • Walter RiversG.H.
  • John KarlenBoris Max
  • Akosua BusiaBessie Mears
  • Geraldine PagePeggy
  • Shavar RossBuddy Thomas
  • Oprah WinfreyMrs. Thomas
  • Adrienne CookVera Thomas
  • David RascheBuckley
  • Lane SmithBritton
  • Art EvansDoc
  • Jerrold FreedmanDirector
  • Richard WrightNovel
  • Richard WesleyScreenplay

 

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