Freedom Road

Freedom Road (1979)

Released: 1979-10-29 Duration: 3hr 6min
Genres: Drama
Rating 4.8

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Braun Entertainment Group
Worldvision

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 2.853

Directed By

Ján Kadár

Crew

Set Decoration
Bill Webb
Director
Ján Kadár
Stunt Double
Tony Brubaker
Executive Producer
Zev Braun
Producer
Leland Nolan
Producer
Chet Walker
Original Music Composer
Terry James
Original Music Composer
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Director of Photography
Charles Correll
Production Design
Daniel A. Lomino
Set Decoration
Jocelyn A. Cotlon

TOP CAST

Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali

Gideon Jackson

Ron O'Neal
Ron O'Neal

Francis Cardoza

Edward Herrmann
Edward Herrmann

Stephen Holmes

John McLiam
John McLiam

President Ulysses S. Grant

Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis

Narrator

Barbara O. Jones
Barbara O. Jones

Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)

Sonny Jim Gaines
Sonny Jim Gaines

Brother Peter

Joel Fluellen
Joel Fluellen

James Allenby

Jean Foster
Jean Foster

Ellen Allenby

Grace Zabriskie
Grace Zabriskie

Ruth Lait

Bill Mackey
Bill Mackey

Trooper

Fred Covington
Fred Covington

Sheriff Bentley

Sonny Shroyer
Sonny Shroyer

Jason Hugar

Ernest Dixon
Ernest Dixon

Marion Jefferson

Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Sylvia Kuumba Williams

Louise Jefferson

Tom Delaney
Tom Delaney

Will Boone

Ron Gural
Ron Gural

Frank Carlson

William Allen Young
William Allen Young

Older Jeff Jackson

Tony Ross
Tony Ross

Young Jeff Jackson

Eric Washington
Eric Washington

Older Marcus Jackson

Rodney King Adams
Rodney King Adams

Young Marcus Jackson

Howard Brunner
Howard Brunner

Lawyer Greene

Georgia Allen
Georgia Allen

Mrs. Carter

James Bowman
James Bowman

1st White Trash Delegate

Don Brady
Don Brady

2nd White Trash Delegate

Robert Bloodworth
Robert Bloodworth

Major at Convention

Barbara Chaney
Barbara Chaney

Mrs. Ganfret

Stuart Culpepper
Stuart Culpepper

Major Walsh

Lionel Ferbis Jr.
Lionel Ferbis Jr.

Uncle Baddy

Peter Gabb
Peter Gabb

3rd White Trash Delegate

Ian Graham
Ian Graham

Jimmy Lait

Jerome Greene
Jerome Greene

Black Delegate

Bill Holliday
Bill Holliday

Yankee Boss

Don Hood
Don Hood

Gen. Ganfret

Maurice Hunt
Maurice Hunt

Dudley Carwell

Don Lutenbacher
Don Lutenbacher

Convention Speaker

Danny Nelson
Danny Nelson

Auctioneer

Afemo Omilami
Afemo Omilami

Young Black Man with Scars

Courtney Pledger
Courtney Pledger

Mrs. Dupre

David Robbins
David Robbins

Wounded Redshirt

Jeremiah Shabazz
Jeremiah Shabazz

Well-Dressed Black Delegate

Gregory White
Gregory White

Clair Willis

Bob Zay
Bob Zay

Roger Dupre

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