Freedom Road

Freedom Road
1979Drama186 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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... read more

  • Ján Kadár

    Director

  • Howard Fast

    Novel

  • David Zelag Goodman

    Writer

  • Charles Correll

    Director of Photography

  • Anne Goursaud

    Editor

  • George Folsey Jr.

    Editor

  • Muhammad Ali

    Gideon Jackson

  • Kris Kristofferson

    Abner Lait

  • Ron O'Neal

    Francis Cardoza

  • Edward Herrmann

    Stephen Holmes

  • John McLiam

    President Ulysses S. Grant

  • Ossie Davis

    Narrator

  • Barbara O. Jones

    Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

  • Sonny Jim Gaines

    Brother Peter

  • Joel Fluellen

    James Allenby

  • Jean Foster

    Ellen Allenby

  • Grace Zabriskie

    Ruth Lait

  • Bill Mackey

    Trooper

  • Earl D.A. Smith

    Hannibal

  • Alfre Woodard

    Katie

  • Fred Covington

    Sheriff Bentley

  • Sonny Shroyer

    Jason Hugar

  • Ernest Dixon

    Marion Jefferson

  • Sylvia Kuumba Williams

    Louise Jefferson

  • Tom Delaney

    Will Boone

  • Ron Gural

    Frank Carlson

  • William Allen Young

    Older Jeff Jackson

  • Tony Ross

    Young Jeff Jackson

  • Eric Washington

    Older Marcus Jackson

  • Rodney King Adams

    Young Marcus Jackson

  • Howard Brunner

    Lawyer Greene

  • Howland Chamberlain

    Isaac Went

  • Georgia Allen

    Mrs. Carter

  • James Bowman

    1st White Trash Delegate

  • Don Brady

    2nd White Trash Delegate

  • Robert Bloodworth

    Major at Convention

  • Barbara Chaney

    Mrs. Ganfret

  • Stuart Culpepper

    Major Walsh

  • Lionel Ferbis Jr.

    Uncle Baddy

  • Peter Gabb

    3rd White Trash Delegate

  • Ian Graham

    Jimmy Lait

  • Jerome Greene

    Black Delegate

  • Bill Holliday

    Yankee Boss

  • Don Hood

    Gen. Ganfret

  • Maurice Hunt

    Dudley Carwell

  • Don Lutenbacher

    Convention Speaker

    • Runtime

    186 minutes

    Released

    1979-10-29

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Braun Entertainment Group

    Worldvision

    Sound

  • Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

    Original Music Composer

  • Terry James

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    21 days ago

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