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Cindy (1978)
Directed by William A. Graham
Music, Drama, TV Movie · 1h 38m
A revisionist twist on Cinderella with an all-black cast and set in Harlem during WWII. Cindy is a country bumpkin who moves from South Carolina to live with her father and his new family. When her stepmother and two stepsisters refuse to take her to the Sugar Hill Ball, her draft-dodging, chauffeur neighbor whips up a little "magic" and at the ball she catches the eye of the richest man in Harlem.
Cast
Charlayne Woodard
Cindy
S
Scoey Mitchell
Father
Mae Mercer
Sara Hayes
Nell Carter
Olive
Alaina Reed Hall
Venus
Cleavant Derricks
Michael Simpson
Clifton Davis
Captain Joe Prince
W
W. Benson Terry
Miles Archer
John Hancock
Wilcox
Richard Stahl
Recruiter
Noble Willingham
Sergeant
Burke Byrnes
Swearing-In Officer
Crew
- Director
- William A. Graham
- Writer
- James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger
- Director of Photography
- Larry Boelens
- Original Music Composer
- Howard Roberts, Stan Daniels
- Editor
- Kenneth R. Koch, Vince Humphrey
- Producer
- James L. Brooks, Stan Daniels, David Davis, Ed. Weinberger
Details
- Release date
- 1978-03-24
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Music, Drama, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- John-Charles-Walters Productions, Paramount Television