Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

Russell B. Parker, a former vaudeville hoofer, is a man of big dreams but small ambitions. He hardly works at all in fact, often spending the time incessantly playing checkers with his friend, William Jenkins. Parker lives with Theopolis and Bobby, his two unemployed sons, and Adele, his hard-working daughter. The ghost of his dead wife, a woman who drove herself into an early grave working to support the family, nags at his conscience.

Director: Michael Schultz, Kirk Browning

Cast: J. Eric Bell, Godfrey Cambridge, Rosalind Cash, Robert Hooks, Michele Shay, Glynn Turman, Douglas Turner Ward

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.