Sparkle

Apr 7, 1976

1h 38m

★ 7.4

From downtown to uptown

Overview

Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.

Genres

Drama

Music

Production Companies

Robert Stigwood Organization

Warner Bros. Pictures

Sparkle Trailers

Cast

Stix

Philip Michael Thomas

Sparkle

Irene Cara

Sister

Lonette McKee

Delores

Dwan Smith

Effie

Mary Alice

Levi

Dorian Harewood

Satin

Tony King

Mrs. Waters

Beatrice Winde

Moe Gerber

Paul Lambert

Lee Gerber

Joyce Easton

Ham

DeWayne Jessie

Doreen Baker

Norma Miller

Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.

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4.3

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