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Buck and the Preacher (1972)

PG ★ 6.3/10 102 min Action, Comedy, Western, Adventure, Drama United States English
Director: Sidney Poitier
Screenplay by: Ernest Kinoy
Story by: Ernest Kinoy, Drake Walker
Streaming: Not available
The fight was against the raiders... but the feud was between themselves!

Description

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

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Top Cast

Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier Buck
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte Preacher
Ruby Dee
Ruby Dee Ruth
Cameron Mitchell
Cameron Mitchell Deshay
Denny Miller
Denny Miller Floyd
Nita Talbot
Nita Talbot Madam Esther
John Kelly Sheriff
Tony Brubaker
Tony Brubaker Headman

Buck and the Preacher Appears on 4 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #1135

Critic Curated

Indiewire's 100 Greatest Westerns of All Time
IndieWire #64

Genre Curation

The 50 Best Western Movies Ever by Keith Phipps (Vulture)
Vulture #48
Top 100 Blaxploitation Movies as Rated by the Letterboxd Community
Letterboxd #34

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