Buck and the preacher / Columbia Pictures presents an E & R Production Corp., Belafonte Enterprises, Inc. co-production ; producer, Joel Glickman ; screenplay, Ernest Kinoy ; directed by Sidney Poitier.
An ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife and a Bible-thumping con artist. Attacked by racist bounty hunters, Buck and his followers must summon courage in order to help settle the wild west.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Portuguese Spanish Chinese Korean Thai |
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Culver City, Calif. :
Columbia TriStar Home Video,
©1999.
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| Series: | Western classics.
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| Local Note: | Emerson College: Gift of Charles L. Hoyt. |
| Summary: | An ex-Union Army Cavalry sergeant becomes a scout for freed slaves heading to the Colorado frontier. Tagging along with him are his wife and a Bible-thumping con artist. Attacked by racist bounty hunters, Buck and his followers must summon courage in order to help settle the wild west. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Special features: Widescreen version on side A, full screen version on side B; production notes; talent files; original theatrical poster; theatrical trailer; bonus trailers. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, Dolby digital, digitally mastered audio & video, Region 1 encoding. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: PG. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Alex Phillips, Jr. ; music, Benny Carter ; editor, Pembroke J. Herring. |
| ISBN: | 076782802X 9780767828024 |
| Participant or Performer: | Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell. |
| Language: | English or Portuguese dialogue, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean or Thai subtitles; Closed-captioned. |