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Buck and the Preacher
Directed by
Sidney Poitier
PG
1972
1h 42m
Western
,
Adventure
,
and more
6.6
84%
61%
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A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
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Cast of Buck and the Preacher
Sidney Poitier
Buck / Director / Producer
Harry Belafonte
Preacher / Producer
Ruby Dee
Ruth
Cameron Mitchell
Deshay
Denny Miller
Floyd
Nita Talbot
Madam Esther
John Kelly
Sheriff
Tony Brubaker
Headman
Bobby Johnson
Man Who is Shot
James McEachin
Kingston
Clarence Muse
Cudjo
Lynn Hamilton
Sarah
Doug Johnson
Sam
Errol John
Joshua
Kenneth Menard
Little Henry
Pamela Jones
Delilah
Drake Walker
Elder / Writer
Dennis Hines
Little Toby
Fred Waugh
Mizoo
Bill Shannon
Tom
Phil Adams
Frank
Walter Scott
Earl
John Howard
George
Shirleena Manchur
Esther's Girl
La Markova
Esther's Girl
Hannelore Richter
Esther's Girl
Valerie Heckman
Esther's Girl
Stephanie Lower
Esther's Girl
Enrique Lucero
Indian Chief
Julie Robinson
Sinsie
José Carlos Ruiz
Brave
Ron Fletcher
Logan
Jerry Gatlin
Deputy
Ivan Scott
Express Agent
Bill Cook
Man in Express Office
John Kennedy
Bank Teller
Ernest Kinoy
Writer
Joel Glickman
Producer
Buck and the Preacher Ratings & Reviews
New York Magazine/Vulture
Judith Crist
Send the kiddies to see this slick western with Sidney Poitier.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
A lively entertainment underlined by some stinging social comment. It also marks the initial joint appearance of Poitier and Belafonte on the screen and is Poitier's debut as a film director. Both are auspicious firsts.
Call and Post (Cleveland)
Jeanne Van Atta
Buck and the Preacher is worth seeing for a refreshingly different view of the West, as well as for the pure entertainment of seeing a good adventure story and some talented actors.
Baltimore Afro-American
Ida Peters
Buck and the Preacher does make some comments about man's inhumanity and greed, [but] it is not a message movie. It is good Western movie entertainment.
Arizona Republic
Phil Strassberg
It is also to Poitier's credit both as director and star that he's willing to allow Belafonte to chew up the scenery and steal the acting honors with an hysterical, outrageous performance.
Baltimore Sun
R.H. Gardner
Mr. Belafonte pulls out all the stops. Made up with decaying teeth, which he proudly displays in great grins, he delivers the most beguiling performance of his career without singing a single song.
Boston Globe
George McKinnon
A modest entertainment made intriguing by the race element.
Detroit Free Press
Susan Stark
It is savvy film entertainment that reflects the solid professionalism of everyone involved. Here's to more directing jobs for Sidney Poitier and more great movie parts for Harry Belafonte.
Kansas City Star
Dennis Stack
Because he also stars,Poitier's task was at least doubled. In spite of it all, he fashioned a pleasant adventure movie which may have some historical value for Americans today.
Newsday
Joseph Gelmis
Poitier is a completely credible and satisfying gunfighter. He is the no-nonsense hero to Harry Belafonte'a clownish preacher. And together... they are simultaneously amusing and dynamic.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
A loose, amiable, post-Civil War Western with a firm though not especially severe Black Conscience.
New York Daily News
Wanda Hale
Poitier has done a good job in two positions, director and co-star with Harry Belafonte, playing the title roles, Buck and the Preacher, a pair as different as apple pie and ice cream, but a combination that mixes well.
Philadelphia Daily News
Joe Baltake
Buck and the Preacher, although executed with polish, could have been a much more dramatic film or, conversely, a more comedic one. Poitier, however, in his directorial debut, has settled for a strange, rather colorless combination of the two.
Philadelphia Inquirer
William B. Collins
With Poitier doing another of his more-dignified-than-thou characterizations, it falls to Belafonte to put some life into the picture. This he does, most amusingly.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
George Anderson
Joining the rapidly growing list of actors who have turned directors, Poitier handles his new responsibility with competence, if not exceptional distinction.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Myles Standish
With all due respect to Poitier as a dramatic actor, Buck and the Preacher is as bad a Western as many of the routine white-made Westerns. Its only redeeming feature is Belafonte, who steals the picture from the stone-faced Poitier.
TIME Magazine
Jay Cocks
Directed by and co-starring Sidney Poitier, it is at least competently made and has a few, fleeting moments of genuine fun.
Gannett News Service
Bernard Drew
Humorous, exciting, likable, and enormously entertaining. If all that were not enough, when the picture seeks to be more than an entertainment and make a few trenchant comments, it does so with irony and wit.
Tampa Bay Times
J. Oliver Prescott
An exciting action western that often builds a sweaty gun-battle tension and interest under Poitier's skillful direction.
TV Guide
TV Guide Staff
Stereotypes abound in this foolish, witless western -- a production misusing the fine talent in its cast.
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