Ivan Dixon

Duff Anderson

Abbey Lincoln

Josie

Julius Harris

Will Anderson

Gloria Foster

Lee

Martin Priest

Mill Worker

Leonard Parker

Frankie

Yaphet Kotto

Jocko

Stanley Greene

Rev. Dawson

Helen Lounck

Effie Simms

Helene Arrindell

Doris

Walter Wilson

Car Owner

Milton Williams

Pop

Mel Stewart

Riddick

Marshal Tompkin

Revivalist

Alfred Puryear

Barney

Ed Rowan

Willie

Tom Ligon

Teenager

William Jordan

Teenager

Dorothy Hall

Soloist

Gertrude Jeannette

Mrs. Dawson

Gil Rogers

Mill Foreman

Eugene Wood

Superintendant

Jim Wright

Barman

Arland Schubert

Hiring Boss

Peter Carew

Store Keeper

Bill Riola

Ginn Foreman

Jay Brooks

Undertaker

Robert Berger

Desk Clerk

Jary Banks

Bessie

Richard Ward

Mill Hand

Moses Gunn

Mill Hand

Mark Shapiro

Car Passenger

William Phillips

Car Passenger

Sylvia Ray

Church Woman

Esther Rolle

Church Woman

Evelyn Davis

Church Woman

Richard Webber

Garage owner