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Bright Road
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Bright Road

Apr 17, 1953
1h 8m
★ 6.3

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.

Genres

Drama
Music

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Dorothy Dandridge

Jane Richards

Dorothy Dandridge

Philip Hepburn

C.T. Young

Philip Hepburn

Harry Belafonte

Mr. Williams - School Principal

Harry Belafonte

Barbara Randolph

Tanya Hamilton

Barbara Randolph

Robert Horton

Dr. Mitchell

Robert Horton

Maidie Norman

Mrs. Hamilton - Tanya's Mother

Maidie Norman

Rene Beard

Booker T. Jones

Rene Beard

Howard Louis McNeely

Boyd

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Robert McNeeley

Lloyd

Robert McNeeley

Patti Marie Ellis

Rachel Smith

Patti Marie Ellis

Fred Moultrie

Roger

Fred Moultrie

James Moultrie

George

James Moultrie