
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.

as Frank Custer

as Mattie

as Supervisor

as Thomas Joshua

as Heavy Williams

as Bremer

as Lilah Dean

as Emma

as Meyer

as Woman in Bar

as Judge Alschuler

as John Kikulski

as Joe Hodges

as John Spriggs

as Frank Custer Jr.

as James Cheeks

as Dennis Lane


as Policeman

as Thomas Condon

as Jack Johnstone

as John Fitzpatrick

as Secretary of Labor

as Lonnie

as Michalina Michora

as Dewitt Washington

as Nelson Morris

as Jimmy O'Rourke

as Michora

as Hysterical Woman

as Robert Bedford

as Mrs. Bethea

as Army Man

as Dock Security Guard (uncredited)

as Neighborhood Tough (uncredited)

as Mother (uncredited)

as Extra (uncredited)

as Immigrant (uncredited)

as Union House Immigrant (uncredited)

as Union House Immigrant (uncredited)