Brother John
6.4
“Brother John just blew into town...and the town is about to blow apart!”
An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.
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Sidney Poitier
John Kane
Known for
In the Heat of the Night
The Jackal
Will Geer
Doc Thomas
Known for
Jeremiah Johnson
The Waltons
Bradford Dillman
Lloyd Thomas
Known for
Piranha
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Beverly Todd
Louisa MacGill
Known for
The Bucket List
Lean On Me
Ramon Bieri
Orly Ball
Known for
Badlands
Sorcerer
Warren J. Kemmerling
George
Known for
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Family Plot
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Charley Gray
Known for
Fortress
Soylent Green
P. Jay Sidney
Rev. MacGill
Also in
Trading Places
A Kiss Before Dying
Richard Ward
Frank
Known for
The Jerk
Brubaker
Paul Winfield
Henry Birkardt
Known for
The Terminator
White Dog
Zara Cully
Miss Nettie
Known for
The Jeffersons
Sugar Hill
Michael Bell
Cleve
Known for
Rugrats
The Smurfs
James Goldstone Director · Ernest Kinoy Writer Quincy Jones Composer
United States release August 15, 1971 · Produced in United States · Production Columbia Pictures
Production
E&R
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Columbia Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 15, 1971
Theatrical
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