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Buck and the Preacher

1972

Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell ...

5.2

214

Western Sidney Poitier made his directing debut with this 1972 action comedy with an edge to it. Made at the height of the Black Power movement in America, the film has an unmistakable militancy in its story of a wagon-train guide and a con man who team up to throw a posse of white nightriders off the trail of escaped slaves.

	Author	Review
United States	Vincent Canby The New York Times	"A loose, amiable, post-Civil War Western"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Hutchinson Radio Times	"A lively reworking of the wagon train set-up (...) Harry Belafonte gives real edge to the role (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	TV Guide	"Stereotypes abound in this foolish, witless western--a production misusing the fine talent in its cast."	NEG
Canada	Peter Martin Screen Anarchy	"The message is so much fun to watch and the performances are so enjoyable that it's easy to become absorbed in watching it"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Milne Time Out	"It is pleasant enough, but somehow - despite excellent performances by Poitier [and Belafonte] (...) it never quite clicks."	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Poitier and Belafonte are a dream team in breezy western (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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