Bright Road

NR
1h 8m
1953
6.3 /10 (9)

THE AWARD STORY from The Ladies' Home Journal has become the most unusual picture of the year.

Overview

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 1953-04-17

Top Billed Cast

Dorothy Dandridge

Jane Richards

Philip Hepburn

C.T. Young

Harry Belafonte

Mr. Williams - School Principal

Barbara Randolph

Tanya Hamilton

Robert Horton

Dr. Mitchell

Maidie Norman

Mrs. Hamilton - Tanya's Mother

Rene Beard

Booker T. Jones

Howard Louis McNeely

Boyd

Robert McNeeley

Lloyd

Patti Marie Ellis

Rachel Smith

Fred Moultrie

Roger

James Moultrie

George

Doris Ake

Willa Pearl Curtis

Vivian Dandridge

Marion Darlington

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