Bright Road

1953

Action / Drama / Music

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 917 917

alabama school teacher based on short story

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Plot summary

Teachers at an all-black school fight to save a problem child.

Director

Gerald Mayer Photo
Gerald Mayer

Top cast

Robert Horton Photo
Robert Horton as Dr. Mitchell
Bill Walker Photo
Bill Walker as Jake Young - C.T.'s Father
Maidie Norman Photo
Maidie Norman as Mrs. Hamilton - Tanya's Mother
Vivian Dandridge Photo
Vivian Dandridge as Miss Nelson
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Aldo G 7 / 10

Harry Belafonte's movie debut and Dorothy Dandridge's lead

Harry Belafonte's movie debut and Dorothy Dandridge's lead role are overshadowed by a 13 year old actor named Philip Hepburn. It's too bad that he'd only act three more times (according to imdb) and there's very little information on-line about him. The film is simplistic but deep in its good intentions.
Reviewed by Horror fan 4 8 / 10

This was a sweet movie with great performances

This was a sweet movie with great performances by the child actors. Of course Harry and Dorothy were good. Tim Treakle
Reviewed by R T 3 / 10

I was certainly pulling for this one, but

I was certainly pulling for this one, but it quickly became a chore to sit through, even at its 68 minute run time. Its heart is in the right place, and it provides a good role model in showing these African-American kids at school, just as squeaky clean as Beaver Cleaver, but it's very simple, and sickly, syrupy sweet. I confess I watched it out of loyalty to Dorothy Dandridge, but the real highlight was Harry Belafonte singing "Suzanne (Ev'ry Night When the Sun Goes Down)" simply beautifully. This was his first film, and it interesting that his second would also be with Dandridge, and in the decidedly more saucy film 'Carmen Jones'. There are moments when 'Bright Road' asks some interesting questions (What color is God? If all men are brothers, why don't white people and black people behave that way towards one another?, etc), and I appreciated it showing how a troubled boy just needed some encouragement, but it's all done under wooden, sunny pretenses, and nothing about it seems authentic. The film has religious overtones as well, though it was interesting to see the kids recite the Pledge of Allegiance in 1953, because the words "Under God" would not be added to the Pledge until the following year. I wish I could give it a higher rating out of sympathy.
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