
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.

as Tom Hayward

as Marvin Tayman

as Minnie Hayward

as Fred Tayman

as George Tayman

as Harris McIntyre

as Sheriff Harvey Johnson

as Harris McIntyre

as Mrs. Cartwright

as Sgt. Hunt

as 1st State Trooper

as Rev. Farrell

as Albert Jackson

as Factory Worker

as Rufus Cartwright

as Loretta Tayman

as Louis

as Greenspan

as Big Ed

as Burton

as Registrar

as Mrs. Hattie Waters

as Marvin Tayman's Secretary

as Isaac

as Well-Dressed Man

as Mr. Smith

as James

as Trooper at Factory