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Sounder

Lists: Drama, Family, Best Picture nominee 1970 to 1979

Brief Synopsis: "The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher."

Overall Ranking: - (Rank from 1972: # 0)


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  • Cicely Tyson (Rebecca Morgan)
  • Paul Winfield (Nathan Lee Morgan)
  • Kevin Hooks (David Lee Morgan)
  • Carmen Mathews (Mrs. Rita Boatwright)
  • Taj Mahal (Ike)
  • James Best (Sheriff Charlie Young)
  • Eric Hooks (Earl Morgan)
  • Yvonne Jarrell (Josie Mae Morgan)
  • Sylvia Kuumba Williams (Harriet)
  • Teddy Airhart (Mr. Perkins)
  • Richard Durham (Perkins Foreman)
  • Wendell Brumfield (Deputy #1)
  • Al Bankston (Deputy #2)
  • Myrl Sharkey (Teacher)
  • Inez Durham (Court Clerk)
  • William T. Bennett (Judge)
  • Thomas N. Phillips (Pastor)
  • Carl Braser (Wagon Driver)
  • Jerry Leggio (Guard #1)
  • Peter Goff (Guard #2)
  • Walter L. Chaney (Guard #3)
  • Roy Idom (Guard #4)
  • Randy Wilson (Convict #1)
  • Isaac Greggs (Convict #2)
  • Jackie Spears (Girl #1)
  • Porter Mathews (Boy #1)
  • Timothy Smith (Boy #2)
  • Spencer Bradford (Clarence)
  • Janet MacLachlan (Camille Johnson)
  • Swampy (Sounder (uncredited))