The Lost Man
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Alan Aurthur
Sidney Poitier
Joanna Shimkus
Al Freeman Jr.
Michael Tolan
Leon Bibb
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
After watching police break up a nonviolent demonstration outside a factory in a large Eastern city, a group of black militants led by Jason Higgs perfect plans for robbing the same plant of its payroll to provide money for families of jailed black demonstrators. Jason, who abandoned nonviolence after 19 arrests, persuades Dennis Laurence, leader of the peaceful demonstration, to stage another protest at the same spot to divert police away from the robbery. Upon leaving Dennis's home, Jason meets Cathy Ellis, a white social worker whose obvious affection for him he ignores. On the day of the robbery, Jason and associates Eddie Moxy, Reggie Page, and Orville seize the payroll and take both the factory manager and his secretary as hostages. As they reach the getaway cars, however, the manager breaks away, and Reggie is killed in the ensuing scuffle. Jason, wounded as he shoots down his friend's assailant, flees on foot and takes refuge in a movie theater, where he meets Sally, a young black woman who takes him to her apartment for first aid. Meanwhile, Eddie and Orville go to a whorehouse and are slain trying to escape after the madam notifies the police. Sally contacts Dennis, who reluctantly agrees to help Jason get the money to his organization and make a getaway by boat. Police security prevents contact with the organization, however, and when Cathy tries to hide Jason in her home, her father, a civil rights attorney, slaps her and angrily notifies the police. Later, Hamilton, a detective, confronts Jason at the waterfront and shoots the militant after he refuses to make a deal. Jason, too weak to reach the waiting ship, has to be supported by Cathy. When police close in, making escape impossible, Cathy fires Jason's gun into the ground, drawing police gunfire that kills them both.
Director
Robert Alan Aurthur
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Joanna Shimkus
Al Freeman Jr.
Michael Tolan
Leon Bibb
Richard Dysart
David Steinberg
Beverly Todd
Paul Winfield
Bernie Hamilton
Richard Anthony Williams
Dolph Sweet
Arnold Williams
Virginia Capers
Vonetta Mcgee
Frank Marth
Maxine Stuart
George Tyne
Paulene Myers
Lee Weaver
Morris Erby
Doug Johnson
Lincoln Kilpatrick
John Daheim
Sonny Garrison
Crew
James Alexander
Judy Alexander
Robert Alan Aurthur
John Austin
Tom Bronson
Edward Broussard
Virgil Clark
Willie Cooper
Skip Cosper
Jim Fargo
Austin Felious
Gerald Finnerman
Larry Germain
Alexander Golitzen
Edith Head
Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones
Joseph Kenny
John Lemons
Edward Mann
John Mccarthy Jr.
Edward Muhl
Herbert Pearle
Ray Quiroz
Herb Roberts
William Russell
Bill Schwartz
Ernie Shelby
Jim Sloan
Aida Swenson
Melville Tucker
Waldon O. Watson
George C. Webb
Ernest B. Wehmeyer
Ernest B. Wehmeyer
Bud Westmore
Marvin Westmore
Stanley Wilson
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Philadelphia. Previously filmed as Odd Man Out (Universal-International, 1947). Pre-release title: How Many Roads.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer July 1969
Released in United States Summer July 1969
