
A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Cast

Ivan Dixon
Duff Anderson

Abbey Lincoln
Josie

Julius Harris
Will Anderson

Gloria Foster
Lee
Martin Priest
Mill Worker
Leonard Parker
Frankie

Yaphet Kotto
Jocko
Stanley Greene
Rev. Dawson
Helen Lounck
Effie Simms
Helene Arrindell
Doris
Walter Wilson
Car Owner
Milton Williams
Pop

Mel Stewart
Riddick
Marshal Tompkin
Revivalist
Alfred Puryear
Barney
Ed Rowan
Willie

Tom Ligon
Teenager

William Jordan
Teenager
Dorothy Hall
Soloist

Gertrude Jeannette
Mrs. Dawson

Gil Rogers
Mill Foreman
Eugene Wood
Superintendant
Jim Wright
Barman
Arland Schubert
Hiring Boss
Peter Carew
Store Keeper
Bill Riola
Ginn Foreman
Jay Brooks
Undertaker
Robert Berger
Desk Clerk
Jary Banks
Bessie

Richard Ward
Mill Hand

Moses Gunn
Mill Hand
Mark Shapiro
Car Passenger
William Phillips
Car Passenger
Sylvia Ray
Church Woman

Esther Rolle
Church Woman
Evelyn Davis
Church Woman
Richard Webber
Garage owner
Crew

Michael Roemer
Director, Writer, Producer

Robert M. Young
Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Luke Bennett
Editor
Robert Rubin
Producer
Peter Gessner
Editorial Production Assistant
Robert Machover
Editorial Production Assistant
Peter Vollstadt
Camera Operator
Nancy Ruffing
Costume Design
Robert Rubin
Sound Designer
Al Gramaglia
Sound mixer
Wilbur Kirk
Music
Frank Sukosd
Electrician
William Rhodes
Unit Production Manager
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