Rent Buck and the Preacher (1972)
3.4 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 39min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Sidney Poitier stars as Buck, an ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant who becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife (Ruby Dee in a scene-stealing performance) and a Bible-thumping con artist known as the Preacher (Harry Belafonte). Attacked by racist bounty hunters determined to return the former slaves to a life of sharecropping in Louisiana, Buck and his followers must summon all the courage they have in order to reach their destination and help settle the Wild West.
- Actors:
- Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell, Denny Miller, Nita Talbot, John Kelly, Tony Brubaker, Bobby Johnson, James McEachin, Clarence Muse, Lynn Hamilton, Doug Johnson, Errol John, Kenneth Menard
- Directors:
- Sidney Poitier, Joseph Sargent
- Producers:
- Joel Glickman, Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier
- Writers:
- Ernest Kinoy, Drake Walker
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- 21 Reasons to Love, 21 Reasons to Love..Modern Westerns, All the Twos: 1972-2012, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Sidney Poitier, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films of 1972, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/09/2022
- Run Time:
- 103 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New interview with Mia Mask, author of 'Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western'
- Behind-the-scenes footage featuring actor-director Sidney Poitier and actor-producer Harry Belafonte
- Interviews with Poitier and Belafonte from 1972 episodes of 'Soul!' and 'The Dick Cavett Show'
- New interview with Gina Belafonte, daughter of Harry Belafonte
- An essay by critic Aisha Harris
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Reviews (1) of Buck and the Preacher
Very poor - Buck and the Preacher review by AB
NOT a comedy as advertised, not even a drama, more like a 1-star, overrated social commentary set in the wild west. Acting is poor, storyline so-so but no fun nor suspense. Even the Indians are on-side!
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