| Cast list | | Danny Glover | as | Will Walker | | Vicellous Reon Shannon | as | Owen Walker | | Vondie Curtis-Hall | as | Daniel Wall | | Loretta Devine | as | Evelyn Walker | | Glynn Turman | as | T-Bone Lanier | | Stan Shaw | as | Archie Mullen | | Michael Jai White | as | Coleman Vaughnes | | John Beasley | as | Jonah Summer | | Jason Weaver | as | Isaac Hawkins | | Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly | as | Dora Charles (as Rae'ven Larrymore Kelly) | | Marcello Thedford | as | Tyrone Franklin | | David Strathairn | as | Peter Crowley | | Don Henderson Baker | as | Buddy Stone | | Donna Biscoe | as | Mrs. Summer | | Peter Bonner Briggs | as | Bus Station Arresting Officer | | Patti Briscoe | as | Miz Golson | | Randal Brown | as | Registrar of Voters | | Al Butler | as | U.S. Marshal | | Jerry Campbell | as | Angry Farmer | | Joe Cobb Jr. | as | Racist Cop | | Jeff Coopwood | as | Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (voice) | | Erika N. Dennis | as | Arrested Student | | David J. Dennis Jr. | as | Arrested Student | | Shay Dobson-Webb | as | Owen Walker (Newborn) | | Deborah Duke | as | Colored Waiting Room Waitress (as Deborah Calloway-Duke) | | David Dwyer | as | Desk Sergeant | | Lowell Faison | as | Man at Gas Station | | William Flaman | as | Officer Roe | | Margaret Freeman | as | Ms Sugar | | Omar Gooding | as | Charlie | | Bob Graham | as | Man at Shack | | Martha Nix Granger | as | Curch Song Leader | | Jesse Hamilton | as | Man at Revival Meeting | | Brandi Hancock | as | Alice | | Nita Hardy | as | Bus Station Waitress | | Tyrone Hicks | as | Luther | | Scott Brian Higgs | as | Woolworth's Manager | | Jesse Janowsky | as | Bus Station Teenager | | Rasool J'Han | as | Vida | | Pearl Jones | as | Femalle Registrant | | Felix Justice | as | Deacon Turner | | Edmund Kearney | as | Library Official | | Emily Young Keely | as | Woolworth's Waitress | | Herb Kelsey | as | Malle Registrant | | Eddie Lambeth | as | County Jailer | | Denis Larouche | as | | | Jason Loftus | as | Man in Jail Window | | Janell McLeod | as | Mrs. Bell | | Eva Shoshona Moses-McDew | as | Arrested Student | | Saad Muhammad | as | Arrested Student | | Danny Nelson | as | Angry Minister | | Maxwell Paige | as | Farmer at NAACP Mtg. | | Jeff Pinney | as | White Spectator | | Ginnie Randall | as | Blind Woman | | Sam Robison | as | Jail Cop | | David Schifter | as | Chip | | Sonny Shroyer | as | Police Chief | | Stephen Snedden | as | Michael Joad | | Christopher Stokes | as | Owen Walker (6 Yrs. Old) | | Kirk Taylor | as | Roland | | Chip Thomas | as | Angry Citizen | | Judge Bradford Tillery | as | Judge | | Tom Turbiville | as | Deputy in Car | | Lou Walker | as | High School Principal | | Damien Wayans | as | Bo Drew | | Jeremy Gram Weaver | as | Freedom rider | | Gregory Alan Williams | as | Pullman Porter (as Greg Alan Williams) | | Cliff Willman | as | 2nd Klansman |
| | Crew list: | | Phil Alden Robinson (Director) | | Phil Alden Robinson (Writer) | | Stanley Weiser (Writer) |
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