Nothing But a Man
“Nothing But a Man has the violence, passion, tenderness of a Negro man and a girl in a smoldering southern town!”
Railroad laborer Duff Anderson struggles to maintain his dignity and marriage to a preacher's daughter in the racially segregated South.
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Ivan Dixon
Duff Anderson
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Josie
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Julius Harris
Will Anderson
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Gloria Foster
Lee
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Martin Priest
Mill Worker
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Leonard Parker
Frankie
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Yaphet Kotto
Jocko
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Alien
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Stanley Greene
Rev. Dawson
Known for
The Wiz
The Landlord
Helen Lounck
Effie Simms
Helene Arrindell
Doris
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American Playhouse
Walter Wilson
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Milton Williams
Pop
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Michael Roemer Director · Robert M. Young Writer Luke Bennett Editor
Worldwide gross $9.2K · Budget $300K · United States release December 27, 1964
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Budget
$300,000
Worldwide gross
$9,248
Production
Nothing But a Man Company
Production
DuArt Film and Video
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · August 28, 1964
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · December 27, 1964
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
September 19, 1964 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
June 4, 1993 · Theatrical · Chicago, Illinois
November 9, 2012 · Limited theatrical · New York Film Forum
Brazil
April 16, 2025 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista (Sessão Mutual Films)
Denmark
February 10, 1970 · TV
France
January 12, 1966 · Theatrical
October 16, 2022 · Premiere · Grand Lyon Film Festival (Restored Version)
March 8, 2023 · Theatrical
Germany
November 7, 1967 · TV · West Germany
Switzerland
October 18, 2025 · Premiere · Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival
United Kingdom
September 27, 2013 · Theatrical · Re-release
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