Personal Problems
Aug 10 1980
•3h 45m
•Drama
An “experimental soap opera” centered on a Harlem nurse, her husband, her father-in-law, and her lover.
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Vertamae Grosvenor
Johnnie Mae Brown
Walter Cotton
Charles Brown
Bill Gunn
Mr. Damien
Ishmael Reed
Manager of Doggie Diner
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