Thomasine & Bushrod
| Thomasine and Bushrod | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Gordon Parks Jr. |
| Produced by |
Harvey Bernhard Max Julien |
| Written by | Max Julien |
| Starring |
Vonetta McGee Max Julien |
| Music by | Coleridge-Tylor Perkinson |
| Edited by | Frank C. Decot |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | April 10, 1974 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Thomasine & Bushrod is a 1974 blaxploitation film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., written by and starring Max Julien and Vonetta McGee and was released by Columbia Pictures.[1] The title song was written by Arthur Lee and performed by his band Love.
Plot
Vonetta McGee plays Thomasine and Max Julien plays Bushrod in a film intended as a counterpart to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde.
Thomasine and Bushrod go on a crime spree through the American south between 1911 and 1915, acting as Robin Hood type heroes who steal from rich, white capitalists, then give to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.
Cast
- Max Julien as J. P. Bushrod
- Vonetta McGee as Thomasine
- George Murdock as U. S. Marshal Bogardie
- Glynn Thurman as Jomo J. Anderson
- Juanita Moore as Pecolia
- Ben Zeller as Scruggs
See also
References
- ↑ Lowry, Katharine (July 1974). "When All the Laughter Turned to Sap". Texas Monthly. p. 31.
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