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.

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Film Cast:

• Rebecca Morgan: Cicely Tyson
• Nathan Lee Morgan: Paul Winfield
• David Lee Morgan: Kevin Hooks
• Ike: Taj Mahal
• Camille Johnson: Janet MacLachlan
• Mrs. Boatwright: Carmen Mathews
• Sheriff Charlie Young: James Best
• Earl Morgan: Eric Hooks
• Josie Mae Morgan: Yvonne Jarrell
• Harriet: Sylvia Kuumba Williams
• Mr. Perkins: Teddy Airhart
• Perkins’ Foreman: Richard Durham
• Deputy #1: Wendell Brumfield
• Deputy #2: Al Bankston
• Teacher: Myrl Sharkey
• Court Clerk: Inez Durham
• Judge: William T. Bennett
• Pastor: Thomas N. Phillips
• Wagon Driver: Carl Braser
• Guard #1: Jerry Leggio
• Guard #2: Peter Goff
• Guard #3: Walter L. Chaney
• Guard #4: Roy Idom
• Convict #1: Randy Wilson
• Convict #2: Isaac Greggs
• Girl #1: Jackie Spears
• Boy #1: Porter Mathews
• Boy #2: Timothy Smith
• Clarence: Spencer Bradford
• Sounder (uncredited): Swampy

Film Crew:

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

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