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Day of Absence (1971)

TV Movie | 60 min |Drama

Douglas Turner Ward's play about what happens in a small Southern town when the white people awake to find all the black people missing. The Negro Ensemble Company portray all the townspeople in white face.

Director

Paul Bogart

Writer

Douglas Turner Ward

Producers

Jacqueline Babbin (producer) |Douglas Turner Ward (producer)

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Updated 1971 Dec 30

Release date

Dec 30, 1971 (United States)

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15 cast members
Name Known for
Norman Bush primary photo Norman BushIndustrialist Industrialist See fewer Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Rosalind Cash primary photo Rosalind CashThird Operator Third Operator See fewer The Omega Man (1971)
David Downing primary photo David Downing Businessman Businessman See fewer The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
Lonne Elder III primary photo Lonne Elder III Clem Clem See fewer A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Judyann Elder primary photo Judyann ElderMay (as Judyann Jonsson) May (as Judyann Jonsson) See fewer Seven Pounds (2008)
Frances Foster primary photo Frances Foster Aide Aide See fewer Clockers (1995)
Arthur French primary photo Arthur French Luke Luke See fewer Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Moses Gunn primary photo Moses Gunn Pious Pious See fewer Shaft (1971)
Robert Hooks primary photo Robert Hooks John John See fewer Trouble Man (1972)
William Jay primary photo William Jay Clan Clan See fewer Great Performances (1971)
Denise Nicholas primary photo Denise NicholasSecond Operator Second Operator See fewer Let's Do It Again (1975)
Esther Rolle primary photo Esther Rolle Clubwoman Clubwoman See fewer Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Clarice Taylor primary photo Clarice Taylor Supervisor Supervisor See fewer Play Misty for Me (1971)
Douglas Turner Ward primary photo Douglas Turner WardMayor Henry R.E. Lee Mayor Henry R.E. Lee See fewer Man and Boy (1971)
Hattie Winston primary photo Hattie WinstonFirst Operator First Operator See fewer Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

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