USA,
1978, 240 min
Directed by:
Paul WendkosCinematography:
Robert B. HauserCast:
Cicely Tyson, Orson Welles, Will Geer, John Getz, Patricia Smith, Jimmy Bridges, Robert Hooks, James Sikking, Dick Anthony Williams, Howard Witt, F. William Parker, Clifford David, James Wainwright (more)Cast
![Cicely Tyson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/934/162934044_c96618.jpg)
Cicely Tyson
USA
Best movies:
The Help (2011)
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Roots (1977) (series)
![Orson Welles](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267527_357cbf.jpg)
Orson Welles
USA
Best movies:
Shogun (1980) (series) - narrator
Waterloo (1970)
Citizen Kane (1941)
![Will Geer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871937_d84b05.jpg)
Will Geer
USA
Best movies:
Jeremiah Johnson (1972)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Union Pacific (1939)
![John Getz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/174/164174393_cb75ea.jpg)
John Getz
USA
Best movies:
Zodiac (2007)
The Social Network (2010)
Blood Simple (1984)
![Patricia Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/988/157988071_41b85c.jpg)
Patricia Smith
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Who Will Love My Children? (1983) (TV movie)
![Jimmy Bridges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274279_74779d.jpg)
Jimmy Bridges
USA
Best movies:
Tyson (1995) (TV movie)
Fire and Ice (1983)
One False Move (1992)
Robert Hooks
USA
Best movies:
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Hurry Sundown (1967)
Free of Eden (1998) (TV movie)
![James Sikking](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/377/162377261_71deea.png)
James Sikking
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Brotherhood of the Rose (1989) (series)
Ordinary People (1980)
Dick Anthony Williams
USA
Best movies:
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Howard Witt
USA
Best movies:
Lookin' to Get Out (1982)
Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990) (TV movie)
![F. William Parker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/896/160896787_c22b00.gif)
F. William Parker
USA
Best movies:
Terms of Endearment (1983)
Lost Highway (1997)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
![Clifford David](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/065/161065012_5f9ae0.jpg)
Clifford David
USA
Best movies:
Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)
Signs (2002)
Kinsey (2004)
![James Wainwright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/408/161408803_a2a029.jpg)
James Wainwright
USA
Best movies:
Joe Kidd (1972)
The Survivors (1983)
Warlords of the 21st Century (1982)
![Mae Mercer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/462/161462786_1b050a.jpg)
Mae Mercer
USA
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Dirty Harry (1971)
The Beguiled (1971)
![Alice Hirson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/651/161651427_1b47f6.jpg)
Alice Hirson
USA
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Being There (1979)
Mass Appeal (1984)
![Hank Rolike](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/844/161844565_1298db.jpg)
Hank Rolike
USA
![Jason Bernard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/881/161881217_ea907f.jpg)
Jason Bernard
USA
Best movies:
V: The Final Battle (1984) (series)
V (1983) (TV movie)
Bird (1988)
Don Hood
USA
Best movies:
Ed Wood (1994)
An Early Frost (1985) (TV movie)
Inherit the Wind (1988) (TV movie)
Charles Weldon
USA
Best movies:
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
Case Closed (1988) (TV movie)
Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Marilyn Coleman
USA
Best movies:
Angel Baby (1995)
The Best Little Girl in the World (1981) (TV movie)
Menace II Society (1993)