On screen
Cast
48 credited performers
Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson
Kris Kristofferson
Abner Lait
Ron O'Neal
Francis Cardoza
Edward Herrmann
Stephen Holmes
John McLiam
President Ulysses S. Grant
Ossie Davis
Narrator
Barbara O. Jones
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
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Sonny Jim Gaines
Brother Peter
Joel Fluellen
James Allenby
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Jean Foster
Ellen Allenby
Grace Zabriskie
Ruth Lait
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Bill Mackey
Trooper
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Earl D.A. Smith
Hannibal
Alfre Woodard
Katie
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Fred Covington
Sheriff Bentley
Sonny Shroyer
Jason Hugar
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Ernest Dixon
Marion Jefferson
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Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Louise Jefferson
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Tom Delaney
Will Boone
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Ron Gural
Frank Carlson
William Allen Young
Older Jeff Jackson
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Tony Ross
Young Jeff Jackson
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Eric Washington
Older Marcus Jackson
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Rodney King Adams
Young Marcus Jackson
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Howard Brunner
Lawyer Greene
Howland Chamberlain
Isaac Went
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Georgia Allen
Mrs. Carter
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James Bowman
1st White Trash Delegate
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Don Brady
2nd White Trash Delegate
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Robert Bloodworth
Major at Convention
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Barbara Chaney
Mrs. Ganfret
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Stuart Culpepper
Major Walsh
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Lionel Ferbis Jr.
Uncle Baddy
Peter Gabb
3rd White Trash Delegate
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Ian Graham
Jimmy Lait
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Jerome Greene
Black Delegate
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Bill Holliday
Yankee Boss
Don Hood
Gen. Ganfret
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Maurice Hunt
Dudley Carwell
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Don Lutenbacher
Convention Speaker
Ritchie Montgomery
Soldier
Danny Nelson
Auctioneer
Afemo Omilami
Young Black Man with Scars
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Courtney Pledger
Mrs. Dupre
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David Robbins
Wounded Redshirt
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Jeremiah Shabazz
Well-Dressed Black Delegate
Gregory White
Clair Willis
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Bob Zay
Roger Dupre