On screen
Cast
52 credited performers
Cicely Tyson
Harriet Ross Tubman
Will Geer
Thomas Garrett
Robert Hooks
William Still
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Jason Bernard
Daddy Ben Ross
John Getz
Stewart
James B. Sikking
McCracken
Clifford David
Doc Thompson
Mae Mercer
Aunt Juba
Charles Weldon
Shadrack Davis
Dick Anthony Williams
John Tubman
Artwork unavailable
Jean Foster
Young Harriet Tubman
Judyann Elder
Bernette Wilson
Hari Rhodes
Tavwell Robinson
Artwork unavailable
Malik Carter
Black Man
Marilyn Coleman
Molly
Artwork unavailable
Todd Davis
Jim
Cecilia Hart
Susan Broadas
Alice Hirson
Miss Rodham
Artwork unavailable
Hector Maisonette
Josiah 'Joe' Bailey
John Perak
Charley
Hank Rolike
Amos
Patricia Smith
Mrs. Leah Jenkins
Ann Weldon
Mama Ritt Ross
Artwork unavailable
Howard Witt
Edward Broadas
Jimmy Bridges
Young Shadrack Davis
Artwork unavailable
Eugene Daniels
Patroller #1
Artwork unavailable
Robert Harper
Wagon Driver
Artwork unavailable
Melody Harris
Tilly
Artwork unavailable
Michael Hayward
Coleman's Man #1
Artwork unavailable
Peter Hellman
Karl Muller
Don Hood
Tom Hughett
Artwork unavailable
B.J. Hooper
Chairman
James Jeter
Bowers
Artwork unavailable
Kedren Jones
Elvina
Artwork unavailable
Roy Jones
Robert Ross
Artwork unavailable
Jerry Leggio
Coleman's Man #3
Artwork unavailable
Minnie Summers Lindsey
Rebecca
Artwork unavailable
Dennis McCarthy
Boatman
James O'Connell
Conductor
F. William Parker
Buyer
Kenneth Rogers
Edward Broad
Artwork unavailable
Ray Spruell
Planter
Artwork unavailable
James Steele
Patroller #2
Emmanuel Thomas
Willie
Artwork unavailable
Elliot Washington
Benjie Ross
Artwork unavailable
Kenneth White
Heckler
Frances E. Williams
Old Woman in Church
Artwork unavailable
Roberta Jean Williams
Addie Robinson
Artwork unavailable
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Mammy Portia
Jerii Woods
Martha Robinson
James Wainwright
Andrew Coleman