Coonskin

Coonskin

This is it Folks!

1975•1h 22m•6.1/10

DramaAnimationComedyCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(136)

A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated tale of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia.

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Production

ASR Productions, Bakshi Productions, Bryanston Distributing

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Philip Michael Thomas

Philip Michael Thomas

Randy / Brother Rabbit (voice)

Barry White

Barry White

Sampson / Brother Bear (voice)

Charles Gordone

Charles Gordone

Preacherman / Preacher Fox (voice)

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

Pappy / Old Man Bone (voice)

Danny Rees

Clown (voice)

Buddy Douglas

Referee (voice)

Jim Moore

Mime (voice)

Al Lewis

Al Lewis

The Godfather (voice) (uncredited)

Richard Paul

Sonny (voice) (uncredited)

Frank De Kova

Frank De Kova

Managan (voice) / Ruby (voice) (uncredited)

Ralph Bakshi

Ralph Bakshi

Cop With Megaphone (voice) (uncredited)

Jesse Welles

Jesse Welles

Marrigold (voice) / Miss America (voice) (uncredited)

Ben Gage

Brother Bear (voice) (uncredited)

Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros

Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros

Boxing referee (uncredited)

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