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A young African-American man, living in Los Angeles without direction in his life, reluctantly agrees to be the best man for his brother, an upwardly mobile lawyer.
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Everett Silas, Jessie Holmes, Gaye Shannon-Burnett, Ronnie Bell, Dennis Kemper, Sally Easter, Hobert Durham Jr., Angela Burnett, Cora Lee Day, Frances E. Nealy, Sy Richardson, Charles Bracy
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