Black Brigade
This is one of those rare movies from the '70s that has it all;
a good story and cast. Overall, it's a really interesting movie. The cast list
is really good, so just for that alone it's worth seeing.
Originally it was a made for TV movie and was actually written
by Aaron Spelling and produced by Danny Thomas. How can you go wrong with that
kind of combination? Stephen Boyd stars in the movie and
turns out to be a great leading man. You may remember him from other movies,
"Ben Hur" just to name one.
There are some actors who are in the movie who were actually newcomers at the
time but who are very well known today. Richard Pryor and Billy Dee Williams as
well as Rosie Grier have supporting roles in the movie.
The film revolves around a U.S. Army unit in World War II who is all black and
is forced to do the grunt work like picking up garbage and digging latrines and
graves. It really shows how the black soldiers were treated during this time in
history and how they were shown no respect by white soldiers.
As the film progresses the rather racist Major Carter (portrayed by Boyd) is
assigned a dangerous mission in which he is supposed to blow up a dam that is
under control of the Nazis. Company B, the all black company, is sent with him
to assist but due to his racist beliefs the Major doesn't think they will be
able to help him much. He is proven wrong when the men show they are very
capable of handling such a dangerous mission.
Not only does this movie have a solid script and story but if you are a fan of
Richard Pryor it's really worth it to get to seem in such an early role.
Actors: Stephen Boyd, Richard Pryor, Billy Dee Williams,
Rosie Grier
Run time: 1:10:12 hrs
File size: 501.8 Mb
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