
A Family Thing
"With family, everything is relative."
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.
Director
Richard Pearce
Languages
English
Status
Released
Box Office
$10,125,417
Who's In It

Robert Duvall
Earl Pilcher Jr.

James Earl Jones
Ray Murdock

Michael Beach
Virgil

Irma P. Hall
Aunt T.

Grace Zabriskie
Ruby

Regina Taylor
Ann

David Keith
Sonny

Xander Berkeley
Sunburned Man

Jacqueline Williams
Woman at Hospital

Mary Jackson
Carrie

Paula Marshall
Karen

Phillip Edward Van Lear
Club Manager

Meg Thalken
Doctor

James N. Harrell
Earl Pilcher Sr.

Reggie Hayes
Virgil's Friend

Tommy Bush
Old Man

Greg Hollimon
Man #2

Eddie Bo Smith Jr.
Green Mill Bouncer (uncredited)
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