Bright Road

Bright Road

THE AWARD STORY from The Ladies' Home Journal has become the most unusual picture of the year.

1953•1h 8m•6.3/10

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6.3/10(9)

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Dorothy Dandridge

Dorothy Dandridge

Jane Richards

Philip Hepburn

C.T. Young

Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte

Mr. Williams - School Principal

Barbara Randolph

Barbara Randolph

Tanya Hamilton

Robert Horton

Robert Horton

Dr. Mitchell

Maidie Norman

Maidie Norman

Mrs. Hamilton - Tanya's Mother

Rene Beard

Booker T. Jones

Howard Louis McNeely

Boyd

Robert McNeeley

Lloyd

Patti Marie Ellis

Rachel Smith

Fred Moultrie

Roger

James Moultrie

George

Doris Ake

Willa Pearl Curtis

Vivian Dandridge

Vivian Dandridge

Marion Darlington

Louise Franklin

Theron Jackson

Jeni Le Gon

Jeni Le Gon

Libby Taylor

Libby Taylor

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