Native Son

1951, Movie, NR, 91 mins

Native Son: Review

A deeply disappointing but nonetheless fascinating film adaptation of black author Richard Wright's 1940 literary masterpiece. Shot on locations as diverse and surprising as Argentina and the South Side of Chicago (where the novel's action takes place), Wright himself plays his main character, Bigger Thomas, a young black whose frustrations with racism explode into violence. Hired as a chauffeur by a rich white family eager to help him out of the slums, Wright soon finds tha... read more leave a comment

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Richard Wright's novel inspired this account of an alienated black youth in 1930s Chicago who accidentally murders his white employer's daughter. Fine cast!
Free | Video Detective
Length: 02:50
Posted: 3/17/2008