Sunday Best
8
87 minutes
6/11/2023
Overview
The Ed Sullivan Show ran for more than a thousand episodes, and Sunday Best is packed with some of its greatest moments and performances. There are also interviews with legends like Harry Belafonte and Dionne Warwick, who offer a more intimate perspective on what Sullivan was like as a person and an ally. Within every frame of Sunday Best, there is an affection for the early days of television, but beneath the showbiz glitz, a human tenderness towards Ed Sullivan.
Cast List
Ed Sullivan
as Self (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
as Self
Dionne Warwick
as Self
Berry Gordy
as Self
Jackie Jackson
as Self
Smokey Robinson
as Self
Otis Williams
as Self
Ray Charles
as Self (archive footage)
Billy Preston
as Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
as Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley
as Self (archive footage)
John Lennon
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
as Self (archive footage)
George Harrison
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
as Self (archive footage)
James Brown
as Self (archive footage)
Ike Turner
as Self (archive footage)
Tina Turner
as Self (archive footage)
Stevie Wonder
as Self (archive footage)
Michael Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Wilson
as Self (archive footage)
Bo Diddley
as Self (archive footage)
Diana Ross
as Self (archive footage)
Jermaine Jackson
as Self (archive footage)
Gladys Knight
as Self (archive footage)
Nat King Cole
as Self (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson
as Self (archive footage)