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Native Son

Film character

Bigger Thomas

Native Son 1951

played by Richard Wright

6.2/10 · 621 votes DramaFilm-Noir

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The film

In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.

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The name

Also in Native Son

  1. Native Son
    Bessie Mears Native Son 1951 played by Gloria Madison
  2. Native Son
    Hannah Thomas Native Son 1951 played by Willa Pearl Curtis
  3. Native Son
    Henry Dalton Native Son 1951 played by Nicholas Joy
  4. Native Son
    Jan Herlone Native Son 1951 played by Gene Michael
  5. Native Son
    Mary Dalton Native Son 1951 played by Jean Wallace
  6. Native Son
    Ralph Farley Native Son 1951 played by Jorge Rigaud
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Elsewhere on screen, Bigger

  1. Harriet
    Bigger Long Harriet 2019 played by Omar J. Dorsey
  2. Native Son
    Bigger Thomas Native Son 2019 played by Ashton Sanders
  3. Native Son
    Bigger Thomas Native Son 1986 played by Victor Love
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