30 Mar 1951
Cause for Alarm!
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
A Family Thing
With family, everything is relative.
Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
Top Billed Cast
Robert Duvall Earl Pilcher Jr.
James Earl Jones Ray Murdock
Michael Beach Virgil
Irma P. Hall Aunt T.
Grace Zabriskie Ruby
Regina Taylor Ann
David Keith Sonny
Jacqueline Williams Woman at Hospital
Mary Jackson Carrie
Paula Marshall Karen
Phillip Edward Van Lear Club Manager
Meg Thalken Doctor
Richard Lexsee Truckjacker
Xander Berkeley Sunburned Man
James N. Harrell Earl Pilcher Sr.
Lauren Leigh Phillips Kindra
Ashleigh Jordan Danielle
Sandra Quarterman Young Aunt T.
Rufus Thomas Tommy
Reggie Hayes Virgil's Friend
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