A Family Thing

A Family Thing

6.445
1996-03-29 | 109 min
ComedyDrama

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.

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Cast

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Robert Duvall

Earl Pilcher Jr.

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James Earl Jones

Ray Murdock

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Michael Beach

Virgil

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Irma P. Hall

Aunt T.

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Grace Zabriskie

Ruby

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Regina Taylor

Ann

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David Keith

Sonny

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Jacqueline Williams

Woman at Hospital

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Mary Jackson

Carrie

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Paula Marshall

Karen

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