Crown Dick Explained

Based On:	"Crown Dick" (story)
Starring:	Don Reed Peter Yoshida Ruby Dee
Director:	Ossie Davis
Producer:	Ozzie Brown Ossie Davis Nora Davis Day
Editor:	Kevin Lee
Released:	^[1]
Language:	English
Country:	United States

Crown Dick is a 1987 drama film directed by Ossie Davis.

Synopsis

This drama presents the promise of the American dream as seen through the eyes of two different men. Dick Johnson, a bitter, unemployed black veteran, is visited by his Korean friend Kim, who has received a scholarship to study medicine in the U.S.^[2]

Cast

• Don Reed - Dick Johnson
• Peter Yoshida - Kim
• Ruby Dee - Johnson's Mother
• Freda Foh Shon - Soon-Ja
• Tim Williams - Clown
• Torrence Hayes - Boy on Beach

Broadcast

The TV movie was broadcast as a segment of the PBS series Ossie & Ruby starring Ossie Davis and his wife Ruby Dee that ran from 1986 to 1987.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crown Dick .
2. Web site: With Ossie & Ruby: Crown Dick Full Episode TVGuide.com . www.tvguide.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000536/http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/with-ossie-ruby/episode-730907/203593/ . 2017-10-05.