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.
Cast
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)
Crew
Martin Ritt
Director
Lonne Elder III
Screenplay
William H. Armstrong
Novel
Sidney Levin
Editor
Michael A. Hoey
Additional Editing
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Charles Washburn
Second Assistant Director
Don Guest
Assistant Director, Production Manager
Robert B. Radnitz
Producer
Walter Scott Herndon
Production Design
Joe Scully
Casting
Nedra Rosemond-Watt
Wardrobe Coordinator
Peter Wooley
Assistant Art Director
Tom Overton
Sound Mixer
Jerry Rosenthal
Sound
Dennis Jones
Boom Operator
Robert Rogow
Boom Operator
Taj Mahal
Original Music Composer
Robert Krume
Construction Coordinator
Jerry Brutsche
Stunts
Louis Donelan
Property Master
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