Directed by: Martin Ritt
With: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews
Genre: Drama, Family
Duration: 105 min
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
Directed by
Martin Ritt
Writing Credits
Lonne Elder III William H. Armstrong
Cast
Cicely Tyson
Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield
Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks
David Lee Morgan
Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Boatwright
Taj Mahal
Ike
James Best
Sheriff Young
Eric Hooks
Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell
Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Harriet (as Sylvia 'Kuumba' Williams)
Teddy Airhart
Mr. Perkins (as Ted Airhart)
Richard Durham
Perkins' Foreman
Wendell Brumfield
Deputy #1
Al Bankston
Deputy #2
Myrl Sharkey
Teacher (as Merle Sharkey)
Inez Durham
Court Clerk
William T. Bennett
Judge (as Judge William Thomas Bennett)
Thomas N. Phillips
Pastor (as Reverend Thomas N. Phillips)
Carl Braser
Wagon Driver
Jerry Leggio
Guard #1 (as Jerry Leggio Jr.)
Peter Goff
Guard #2 (as Pete Goff)
Walter L. Chaney
Guard #3
Roy Idom
Guard #4
Randy Wilson
Convict #1
Isaac Greggs
Convict #2
Jackie Spears
Girl #1
Porter Mathews
Boy #1
Spencer Bradford
Clarence
Janet MacLachlan
Camille
Swampy
Sounder (uncredited)
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