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The Exile is a 1931 American film by Oscar Micheaux with the co-direction of the Dances and Ensemble by Leonard Harper. A drama–romance of the race film genre, it was Micheaux's first feature-length talkie, and the first African American talkie. Adapted from Micheaux's first novel, The Conquest (1913), it has some autobiographical elements: like the film's central character Jean Baptiste (played by Stanley Morrell), Micheaux spent several years as a cattle rancher in an otherwise all-white area of South Dakota.
Original Release
05/15/1931
US Release
05/15/1931
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eunice Brooks | Edith Duval |
Stanley Morrell | Jean Baptiste |
Celeste Cole | A Singer |
Kathleen Noisette | Madge |
Charles R. Moore | Jack Stewart |
Nora Newsome | Agnes Stewart |
George Randol | Bill Prescott |
A.B. DeComathiere | An Outlaw |
Carl Mahon | Jango |
Lou Vernon | District Attorney |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eunice Brooks | Edith Duval |
Stanley Morrell | Jean Baptiste |
Celeste Cole | A Singer |
Kathleen Noisette | Madge |
Charles R. Moore | Jack Stewart |
Nora Newsome | Agnes Stewart |
George Randol | Bill Prescott |
A.B. DeComathiere | An Outlaw |
Carl Mahon | Jango |
Lou Vernon | District Attorney |
Louise Cook | Dancer |
Roland Holder | Tap Dancer |
Donald Heywood | Bandleader |
Don Heywood and His Band | Themselves |
Leonard Harper | Self |
Leonard Harper and His Chorines | Themselves |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Oscar Micheaux | Producer |
Frank Schiffman | Producer |