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Bright Road (1953)
Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
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Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama, Music
Written By:Emmet Lavery, Emmet Lavery
In Theaters:4/17/1953
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Runtime:68 minutes
Studio:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Gerald Mayer
Director
Dorothy Dandridge
Jane Richards
Philip Hepburn
C.T. Young
Harry Belafonte
Mr. Williams - School Principal
Barbara Randolph
Tanya Hamilton
Robert Horton
Dr. Mitchell
Maidie Norman
Mrs. Hamilton - Tanya's Mother
Rene Beard
Booker T. Jones
Howard Louis McNeely
Boyd
Robert McNeeley
Lloyd
Patti Marie Ellis
Rachel Smith
Fred Moultrie
Roger
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