Freedom Road

Freedom Road (1979)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1979-10-29
  • User Rating: 4.8/10 from 6 ratings
  • Runtime: 3h 6min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Braun Entertainment Group
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Ján Kadár
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Summary

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.

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  • Muhammad Ali

    as Gideon Jackson

  • Kris Kristofferson

    as Abner Lait

  • Ron O'Neal

    as Francis Cardoza

  • Edward Herrmann

    as Stephen Holmes

  • John McLiam

    as President Ulysses S. Grant

  • Ossie Davis

    as Narrator

  • Barbara O. Jones

    as Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

  • Sonny Jim Gaines

    as Brother Peter

  • Joel Fluellen

    as James Allenby

  • Jean Foster

    as Ellen Allenby

  • Grace Zabriskie

    as Ruth Lait

  • Bill Mackey

    as Trooper

  • Earl D.A. Smith

    as Hannibal

  • Alfre Woodard

    as Katie

  • Fred Covington

    as Sheriff Bentley

  • Sonny Shroyer

    as Jason Hugar

  • Ernest Dixon

    as Marion Jefferson

  • Sylvia Kuumba Williams

    as Louise Jefferson

  • Tom Delaney

    as Will Boone

  • Ron Gural

    as Frank Carlson

  • William Allen Young

    as Older Jeff Jackson

  • Tony Ross

    as Young Jeff Jackson

  • Eric Washington

    as Older Marcus Jackson

  • Rodney King Adams

    as Young Marcus Jackson

  • Howard Brunner

    as Lawyer Greene

  • Howland Chamberlain

    as Isaac Went

  • Georgia Allen

    as Mrs. Carter

  • James Bowman

    as 1st White Trash Delegate

  • Don Brady

    as 2nd White Trash Delegate

  • Robert Bloodworth

    as Major at Convention

  • Barbara Chaney

    as Mrs. Ganfret

  • Stuart Culpepper

    as Major Walsh

  • Lionel Ferbis Jr.

    as Uncle Baddy

  • Peter Gabb

    as 3rd White Trash Delegate

  • Ian Graham

    as Jimmy Lait

  • Jerome Greene

    as Black Delegate

  • Bill Holliday

    as Yankee Boss

  • Don Hood

    as Gen. Ganfret

  • Maurice Hunt

    as Dudley Carwell

  • Don Lutenbacher

    as Convention Speaker

  • Ritchie Montgomery

    as Soldier

  • Danny Nelson

    as Auctioneer

  • Afemo Omilami

    as Young Black Man with Scars

  • Courtney Pledger

    as Mrs. Dupre

  • David Robbins

    as Wounded Redshirt

  • Jeremiah Shabazz

    as Well-Dressed Black Delegate

  • Gregory White

    as Clair Willis

  • Bob Zay

    as Roger Dupre
Directing Ján Kadár Director
Writing David Zelag Goodman Writer
Production Leland Nolan Producer
Art Jocelyn A. Cotlon Set Decoration
Production Zev Braun Executive Producer
Sound Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Original Music Composer
Writing Howard Fast Novel
Editing Anne Goursaud Editor
Editing George Folsey Jr. Editor
Sound Terry James Original Music Composer
Camera Charles Correll Director of Photography
Art Daniel A. Lomino Production Design
Production Chet Walker Producer
Art Bill Webb Set Decoration
Crew Tony Brubaker Stunt Double

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