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Native Son
Directed by
Pierre Chenal
Not Rated
1951
1h 44m
Drama
,
Film-Noir
6.3
38%
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In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
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Cast of Native Son
Richard Wright
Bigger Thomas
Jean Wallace
Mary Dalton
Gloria Madison
Bessie Mears
Nicholas Joy
Henry Dalton
Willa Pearl Curtis
Mrs. Hannah Thomas
Ruth Robert
Helen Dalton
Charles Cane
Det. Britten
George D. Green
Panama
George Rigaud
Ralph Farley
Gene Michael
Jan Herlone
Native Son Ratings & Reviews
Film Threat
Phil Hall
When Richard Wright went wrong.
TheFilmFile.com
Dustin Putman
A mediocre 'man-on-the-run' crime drama without any twists or likable three-dimensional characters to keep your interest.
Michael J. Cinema
Michael J. Casey
Not a perfect film, but the movie is far more than a curiosity. The cinematography from Antonio Merayo is top-notch, and Wright's writing is as brutal as it is blunt.
1More Film Blog
Kenneth R. Morefield
Why is it essential then? Every now and hen you get a glimpse of the deeper horrors of the book, even if they are just passing allusions to what the novel insists is omnipresent
National Review
Armond White
Every close-up, even when scaling the top of a water tower to evoke James Cagney at the end of White Heat, conveys the no-hope fatality of the novel's tragedy. It's not so much poetic or expressive as banal.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
Limited budget, black and white melodramatic pacing and scripting, awkward direction and inferior acting are what contribute to its shortcomings as pure film.
Celluloid Dreams
Peter Canavese
A real oddity in literary and cinematic history. Rushed and somewhat clumsy in its narrative it lacks the full impact of the novel but boasts visual impact. An interesting enough historical relic worth seeing.
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
The exceedingly rare film adaptation of a novel starring the author in the leading role. Unfortunately, it replicates all the pitfalls of Richard Wright's book.
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