Freedom Road
Ján Kadár1979-10-29
4.8
186 min
Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Muhammad Ali | Gideon Jackson | Unowned |
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Kris Kristofferson | Abner Lait | Unowned |
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Ron O'Neal | Francis Cardoza | Unowned |
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Edward Herrmann | Stephen Holmes | Unowned |
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John McLiam | President Ulysses S. Grant | Unowned |
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Ossie Davis | Narrator | Unowned |
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Barbara O. Jones | Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones) | Unowned |
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Sonny Jim Gaines | Brother Peter | Unowned |
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Joel Fluellen | James Allenby | Unowned |
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Jean Foster | Ellen Allenby | Unowned |
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Grace Zabriskie | Ruth Lait | Unowned |
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Bill Mackey | Trooper | Unowned |
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Earl D.A. Smith | Hannibal | Unowned |
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Alfre Woodard | Katie | Zac E. Chan |
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Fred Covington | Sheriff Bentley | Unowned |
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Sonny Shroyer | Jason Hugar | Unowned |
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Ernest Dixon | Marion Jefferson | Unowned |
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Sylvia Kuumba Williams | Louise Jefferson | Unowned |
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Tom Delaney | Will Boone | Unowned |
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Ron Gural | Frank Carlson | Unowned |
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William Allen Young | Older Jeff Jackson | Unowned |
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Tony Ross | Young Jeff Jackson | Unowned |
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Eric Washington | Older Marcus Jackson | Unowned |
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Rodney King Adams | Young Marcus Jackson | Unowned |
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Howard Brunner | Lawyer Greene | Unowned |
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Howland Chamberlain | Isaac Went | Unowned |
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Georgia Allen | Mrs. Carter | Unowned |
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James Bowman | 1st White Trash Delegate | Unowned |
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Don Brady | 2nd White Trash Delegate | Unowned |
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Robert Bloodworth | Major at Convention | Unowned |
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Barbara Chaney | Mrs. Ganfret | Unowned |
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Stuart Culpepper | Major Walsh | Unowned |
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Lionel Ferbis Jr. | Uncle Baddy | Unowned |
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Peter Gabb | 3rd White Trash Delegate | Unowned |
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Ian Graham | Jimmy Lait | Unowned |
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Jerome Greene | Black Delegate | Unowned |
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Bill Holliday | Yankee Boss | Unowned |
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Don Hood | Gen. Ganfret | Unowned |
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Maurice Hunt | Dudley Carwell | Unowned |
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Don Lutenbacher | Convention Speaker | Unowned |
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Ritchie Montgomery | Soldier | Unowned |
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Danny Nelson | Auctioneer | Unowned |
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Afemo Omilami | Young Black Man with Scars | Unowned |
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Courtney Pledger | Mrs. Dupre | Unowned |
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David Robbins | Wounded Redshirt | Unowned |
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Jeremiah Shabazz | Well-Dressed Black Delegate | Unowned |
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Gregory White | Clair Willis | Unowned |
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Bob Zay | Roger Dupre | Unowned |