Russell B. Parker, a former vaudeville hoofer, is a man of big dreams but small ambitions. He hardly works at all in fact, often spending the time incessantly playing checkers with his friend, William Jenkins. Parker lives with Theopolis and Bobby, his two unemployed sons, and Adele, his hard-working daughter. The ghost of his dead wife, a woman who drove herself into an early grave working to support the family, nags at his conscience.

Cast

J. Eric Bell

Bobby

Godfrey Cambridge

Mr. Jenkins

Rosalind Cash

Adele

Robert Hooks

Blue Haven

Michele Shay

Young Girl

Glynn Turman

Theo

Douglas Turner Ward

Russell B. Parker