On screen
Cast
47 credited performers
Andre Braugher
A. Philip Randolph
Charles S. Dutton
Milton Webster
Mario Van Peebles
Ashley Totten
Brock Peters
Leon Frey
Carla Brothers
Lucille Randolph
Kenneth McGregor
Barton Davis
Ellen Holly
Selena Frey
Ernestine Jackson
Mrs. Randolph
Ardon Bess
Daddy Moore
Artwork unavailable
Ordena Stephens
Sandi Totten
James McGowan
Desmond
Kedar Brown
James Randolph
Christopher Bondy
William Green
Artwork unavailable
Neville Edwards
E.J. Daniels
Artwork unavailable
Collette Micks
Mrs. Robbins
Artwork unavailable
Terry Hart
Conductor
Artwork unavailable
Emma Fleury Harvey
Isabel Robbins (as Emma Fleury)
Artwork unavailable
Mario Romano
Donaldson
Artwork unavailable
Camille James
Porter's Wife
Sandi Ross
Mrs. Walker
Artwork unavailable
Lee Taylor
Wealthy Passenger
Artwork unavailable
John Dewey
College Kid
Artwork unavailable
Ed Fielding
Conductor #2
Artwork unavailable
Karen Eyo
Elegant Woman
Artwork unavailable
Harvey Sokoloff
Board Member
Amanda Brugel
Waitress
Dave Nichols
Detective #1
Artwork unavailable
Tim MacMenamin
Lead Thug (as Tim McMenamin)
Artwork unavailable
Peter Graham
Conductor #3
Aron Tager
Governor Morrow
Darren Josephs
A Porter In Back
Artwork unavailable
Larry Schwartz
Mayor LaGuardia
Artwork unavailable
Hadley Sandiford
Porter
Artwork unavailable
Sean Wayne Doyle
Mediator
Marvin Hinz
Reporter
Artwork unavailable
Nelson Tynes
Dancing Porter
Joel Gordon
Circumspect Porter
Lyriq Bent
Disgruntled Man
Richard Blackburn
Franklin Roosevelt
Richard Eden
Fred Bent
Artwork unavailable
Herbert Johnson
Other Porter
Artwork unavailable
Klé McKoy
Disgruntled Man's Son
Yvette McKoy
Disgruntled Man's Wife
Araya Mengesha
Bobby
Herbert Hoover
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Artwork unavailable
Charles Evans Hughes
Self (archive footage)