Film

Buck and the Preacher

1972 · 1h 42m · Action · Comedy · Western

The fight was against the raiders... but the feud was between themselves!

IMDb

6.6

Rotten Tomatoes

84%

Metacritic

65

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

Sidney Poitier

Buck

Harry Belafonte

Preacher

Ruby Dee

Ruth

Cameron Mitchell

Deshay

Denny Miller

Floyd

Nita Talbot

Madam Esther

John Kelly

Sheriff

Tony Brubaker

Headman

Bobby Johnson

Man Who is Shot

James McEachin

Kingston

Clarence Muse

Cudjo

Lynn Hamilton

Sarah

Doug Johnson

Sam

Errol John

Joshua

Kenneth Menard

Little Henry

Pamela Jones

Delilah

• Sidney PoitierProducer · Director
• Ernest KinoyScreenplay · Story
• Drake WalkerStory
• Harry BelafonteProducer
• Joel GlickmanProducer
• Álex Phillips Jr.Director of Photography
• Benny CarterOriginal Music Composer
• Pembroke J. HerringEditor
• Billy GordonCasting

Official Rerelease TrailerOfficial Trailer

Release date

March 17, 1972

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Genres

Action, Comedy, Western, Adventure, Drama

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