The Six Triple Eight

The Six Triple Eight

They were ordered to provide hope...

2024•2h 10m•7.5/10

DramaWarHistory

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(652)

During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17 million pieces of mail that hadn't been delivered to American soldiers and finish within six months.

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Production

Tyler Perry Studios, Mandalay Pictures, Her Excellency Productions, Intuition Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Kerry Washington

Kerry Washington

Charity Adams

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Susan Sarandon

Susan Sarandon

Eleanor Roosevelt

Dean Norris

Dean Norris

General Halt

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Mary McLeod Bethune

Ebony Obsidian

Ebony Obsidian

Lena Derriecott King

Milauna Jackson

Milauna Jackson

Captain Campbell

Kylie Jefferson

Kylie Jefferson

Bernice Baker

Shanice Williams

Shanice Williams

Johnnie Mae (credited as Shanice Shantay)

Pepi Sonuga

Pepi Sonuga

Elaine White

Sarah Jeffery

Sarah Jeffery

Dolores Washington

Jay Reeves

Jay Reeves

Private Hugh Bell

Jeanté Godlock

Jeanté Godlock

Vera

Moriah Brown

Moriah Brown

Inez

Baadja-Lyne Odums

Baadja-Lyne Odums

Susan

Gregg Sulkin

Gregg Sulkin

Abram David

Austin Nichols

Austin Nichols

Colonel Collins

Ben VanderMey

Ben VanderMey

Captain Mathews

Nick Harris

Nick Harris

Chaplain Clemens

Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson

General Lee

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