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Nothing But a Man
Directed by
Michael Roemer
Not Rated
1964
1h 35m
Drama
,
Romance
7.9
98%
88%
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A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
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Cast of Nothing But a Man
Ivan Dixon
Duff Anderson
Abbey Lincoln
Josie
Julius Harris
Will Anderson
Gloria Foster
Lee
Martin Priest
Mill Worker
Leonard Parker
Frankie
Yaphet Kotto
Jocko
Stanley Greene
Rev. Dawson
Helen Lounck
Effie Simms
Helene Arrindell
Doris
Walter Wilson
Car Owner
Milton Williams
Pop
Mel Stewart
Riddick
Marshal Tompkin
Revivalist
Alfred Puryear
Barney
Ed Rowan
Willie
Tom Ligon
Teenager
William Jordan
Teenager
Dorothy Hall
Soloist
Gertrude Jeannette
Mrs. Dawson
Gil Rogers
Mill Foreman
Eugene Wood
Superintendant
Jim Wright
Barman
Arland Schubert
Hiring Boss
Peter Carew
Store Keeper
Bill Riola
Ginn Foreman
Jay Brooks
Undertaker
Robert Berger
Desk Clerk
Jary Banks
Bessie
Richard Ward
Mill Hand
Moses Gunn
Mill Hand
Mark Shapiro
Car Passenger
William Phillips
Car Passenger
Sylvia Ray
Church Woman
Esther Rolle
Church Woman
Evelyn Davis
Church Woman
Richard Webber
Garage owner
Nothing But a Man Ratings & Reviews
Slant Magazine
Jaime N. Christley
It can't be overstated just how Nothing But a Man is militantly tone-deaf to the Hollywood muzak of race relations.
Beliefnet
Nell Minow
It has had an enduring and well-deserved reputation as a sensitive portrayal not just of a particular moment in the tortured history of race relations in this country, but also as an intimate story of human dignity and the need for connection.
New York Daily News
David Hinckley
Director Michael Roemer and his co-writer, Robert Young, strip down even the dialogue to its essence, rarely using a sentence when a phrase will do.
Newsday
John Anderson
Nothing But a Man moves slowly and quietly toward its climax with a rare grace. But then, it's a rare film, and a vitally important chapter in the maturing of American film.
Chicago Tribune
Patrick Kampert
Young's camera lingers on each scene, evoking the timelessness that used to be characteristic of small-town life, and director Roemer uses fadeouts to add to the unhurried air, avoiding quick cuts from scene to scene.
Newsday
Joseph Gelmis
It is precisely this feeling of calm that makes it such a totally credible, fine and true picture.
Boston Globe
Margo Miller
Nothing But a Man is a great movie. It has a universal story. It is superbly acted. It keeps to a point of view, something rare in American film making.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Nothing But a Man is a minor masterpiece and one of the most important American movies in recent years.
Chicago Tribune
Clifford Terry
The dialog, reminiscent of Marty, proves again that everyday clichés can be made more appealing than Hollywood's contrived tennis-match conversations.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Henry T. Murdock
When this fledgling 1965 closes its records for the year, it is our conviction that Nothing But a Man will remain firmly encased in the memory of the ardent movie advocate.
Detroit Free Press
Louis Cook
The courtship of the rough young man and his sensitive girl is a tender thing.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
Ivan Dixon is excellent... and Abbey Lincoln plays the wife with such warm, gentle, sentient responses that she keenly touches the heart.
Village Voice
Stephanie Zacharek
So astute about the economic and racial politics of the Jim Crow South, and particularly about the trauma suffered by black men struggling for respectability, that it's hard to believe it was made by two white guys ...
Village Voice
Nick Pinkerton
The title almost suggests manhood as something trifling. The film, however, confirms it's a mighty hard ideal to reach.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
[Roemer] and his collaborators create images and sounds, characters and situations, that embody the title's existential affirmation.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
Nothing but a Man is one of the most sensitive films about black life ever made in this country.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A quietly stirring, beautiful little movie shot in black and white, it hasn't aged a microsecond.
Philadelphia Daily News
Sandra Saunders
The film never strikes a false note in word or deed. The dialogue is laconic and true. The characters are flesh-and-blood people who touch the heart. The drama unfolds naturally, giving the viewer the feeling he is observing events in real life.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
The movie is even better than I remembered it; the basic drama remains strong, but what's also surprising is how well the more subtle moments hold up, and how gifted the actors are.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
A sincere, intelligent, and effectively acted independent feature.
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