Leonard Jackson speelt een kapper die tevens het dominante hoofd is van een Afro-Amerikaanse familie uit de middenklasse. Jackson wordt gedwongen zijn waarden te heroverwegen wanneer zijn voorheen volgzame vrouw (Clarice Taylor) samen met hun drie kinderen in opstand komt tegen het retrogressieve gedrag van haar man.
Nee, helaas is Five on the Black Hand Side nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Oscar Williams | Director |
| Writing | Charlie L. Russell | Screenplay |
| Writing | Charlie L. Russell | Teleplay |
| Production | Kay Korwin | Associate Producer |
| Production | Brock Peters | Producer |
| Sound | H.B. Barnum | Music |
| Production | Michael Tolan | Producer |
| Sound | H.B. Barnum | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gene Polito | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Michael Economou | Editor |
| Production | Judith Landau | Casting |
| Art | Mary Swanson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ruby Ford | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Stanhope Jr. | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Alan Belkin | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Directing | Xavier Reyes | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Edward Teets | Assistant Director |
| Art | William M. Bates | Property Master |
| Art | Solomon Brewer | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | James L. Schoppe | Set Designer |
| Sound | Bernard F. Pincus | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Ronald L. Stirling | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Richard Wagner | Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Glen Knight | Gaffer |
| Camera | Bob Rose | Key Grip |
| Camera | Jack Willoughby | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stephanie Colin | Wardrobe Coordinator |
| Editing | David Ramirez | Associate Editor |
| Sound | Milton Lustig | Music Editor |
| Directing | Marvin Weldon | Script Supervisor |
