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7.2/10   32 votes
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Director:
Harry Falk
Writers:
Phyllis Minoff (story)
Melvin Van Peebles (writer)
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Release Date:
29 September 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Based on the book "The Junior Bachelor Society" brings together nine members of a 25-year reunion of... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Reviews:
best tv mini-series ever more (2 total)

Cast

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Sonny Jim Gaines ... Coach Charles 'Chappie' Davis
Paul Winfield ... Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins
Bernie Casey ... Shurley Walker
Roosevelt Grier ... Cudjo Evers
Thalmus Rasulala ... Snake

Robert Hooks ... Ezra 'Chops' Jackson
Raymond St. Jacques ... D'Artagnan 'Dart' Parks
Ron O'Neal ... Clarence 'Claire' Henderson
Melvin Van Peebles ... Walter 'Moon' Porter / Silky
Dick Anthony Williams ... Ralph Joplin
Rosalind Cash ... Christine Jackson
Ja'net DuBois ... Onetha Wiggins

Alfre Woodard ... Evelyn Evers

Joanna Miles ... Sandra
Janet MacLachlan ... Diane Walker
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
240 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Daniel Wilson Productions Inc. more

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Filmed in 1979. more

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6 out of 7 people found the following review useful.
best tv mini-series ever, 1 November 2001
Author: TenKgent (TenKgent@aol.com) from Chandler, Arizona

in 1981 as the series aired i was magnetized to the screen. all of my 'main men' starred in The Sophisticated Gents...Winfield, Hooks, O'Neal, Rasulala...the story had depth and creditability...the acting was great and all characters were unique and well-developed...i have longed to see it again and again...glad was i to have the novel by John A Williams, The Junior Bachelor Society, from which Van Peebles developed the teleplay...the story was powerful and controversial for that time...many have missed a great series

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