Together Brothers

Director: William A. Graham William A. Graham

Overview

The Together Brothers is a Galveston, Texas, teenaged gang, populated by blacks and Chicanos. A popular police officer is murdered, and the Brothers' leader (Ahmad Nurradin) wants to track down those responsible. The leader's 5-year-old brother (Anthony Wilson) is the only witness to the crime, thus the boys must keep the kid from becoming dead meat at the hands of the killers. Through methods ranging from cerebral to violent, the Together Brothers piece together the clues and expose the murderers. Filmed on location with a largely nonprofessional cast, Together Brothers makes up in energy and conviction what it lacks in slickness.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/24/2015
UPC:	0024543039310
Original Release:	1974
Rating:	PG
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	1:35:00
Sales rank:	47,997

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ahmad Nurradin	H. J.
Anthony Wilson	Tommy
Nelson Sims	A. P.
Kenneth Bell	Mau Mau
Owen Pace	Monk
Kim Dorsey	Gri Gri
Ed Bernard	Mr. Kool
Lincoln Kilpatrick	Billy Most
Glynn Turman	Dr. Johnson
Richard Yniguez	Vega
Mwako Cumbuka	Strokes McGee
Frances Williams	Mama Wes
Craig Campfield	Maria
Bessie Griffin	Rev. Brown
Lynne Holmes	Sugar
Danny Big Black	Armstrong
Gloria Calomee	Alice Martin
Charles Lemons	Matthew
Joe Zapata	Chicano
Leah Ward	Clutie
William Dagg	Desk Officer
Roberta Ester	Nurse
Ernest Boyd	Harry
John Jennings	Policeman
Lane Mitchell	Dude
Angela Gibbs	Francine
Howard Picard	Police Detective
Barry White	Composer

Technical Credits

Jack DeWitt

Joe Greene

William A. Graham	Director
Robert L. Rosen	Producer
Sandy Howard	Producer
Jack DeWitt	Screenwriter
Joe Greene	Screenwriter
Bud Alper	Sound/Sound Designer
Richard Portman	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

This unusual mix of youth drama, thriller and social commentary is often lumped in with the blaxploitation wave of the 1970's. While Together Brothers does have the streetwise sensibility and the soul-music soundtrack of such films, it actually has more to offer. The script mixes several genres to create a novel, effective hybrid that offers surprises around every corner. It's also unique for offering credibly drawn, sympathetic inner-city teen heroes without lapsing into sentimentality or stereotype. These characterizations also benefit from sharp, naturalistic performances by an amateur cast: Ahmad Nurradin offers an appealing mix of resourcefulness and bravery as the gang's leader and Anthony Wilson delivers a marvelously expressive turn without the benefit of dialogue as the little brother who witnesses a murder. Amongst the adult cast members, Ed Bernard is both charming and authoritative as the cop the kids secretly admire and Glynn Turman has a brief but vividly drawn and charismatic role as a doctor trying to help the film's brother/hero duo. Veteran t.v. director William A. Graham does a fine job with the material, giving it style while retaining a convincing level of grit to the film's narrative concerns (the scenes involving the killer are hair-raising stuff). The final feather in the film's cap is an excellent musical score by Barry White, which effectively blends orchestral lushness with a propulsive rhythm-and-blues underpinning. In short, Together Brothers is a well-crafted little gem that is worthy of rediscovery by both blaxploitation fans and anyone interested in the more daring fringes of 1970's commercial filmmaking.

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