Cicely Tyson

Rebecca Morgan

Paul Winfield

Nathan Lee Morgan

Kevin Hooks

David Lee Morgan

Taj Mahal

Ike

Janet MacLachlan

Camille Johnson

Carmen Mathews

Mrs. Boatwright

James Best

Sheriff Charlie Young

Eric Hooks

Earl Morgan

Yvonne Jarrell

Josie Mae Morgan

Sylvia Kuumba Williams

Harriet

Teddy Airhart

Mr. Perkins

Richard Durham

Perkins' Foreman

Wendell Brumfield

Deputy #1

Al Bankston

Deputy #2

Myrl Sharkey

Teacher

Inez Durham

Court Clerk

William T. Bennett

Judge

Thomas N. Phillips

Pastor

Carl Braser

Wagon Driver

Jerry Leggio

Guard #1

Peter Goff

Guard #2

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

Timothy Smith

Boy #2

Spencer Bradford

Clarence

Swampy

Sounder (uncredited)

Martin Ritt

Director

William H. Armstrong

Novel

Lonne Elder III

Screenplay

John A. Alonzo

Director of Photography

Robert B. Radnitz

Producer

Taj Mahal

Original Music Composer

Walter Scott Herndon

Production Design

Tom Overton

Sound Mixer

Sidney Levin

Editor

Dennis Jones

Boom Operator

Robert Rogow

Boom Operator

Nedra Rosemond-Watt

Wardrobe Coordinator

Michael A. Hoey

Additional Editing

Jerry Rosenthal

Sound

Peter Wooley

Assistant Art Director

Charles Washburn

Second Assistant Director

Jerry Brutsche

Stunts

Robert Krume

Construction Coordinator

Don Guest

Production Manager

Don Guest

Assistant Director

Louis Donelan

Property Master

Joe Scully

Casting

Radnitz/Mattel Productions