Freedom Road [148031]
Released: 1979-10-29
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 186 mins
Popularity: 0.6105
Vote Average: 4.8
Vote Count: 6
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.

Cast [48]
Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson
Kris Kristofferson
Abner Lait
Ron O'Neal
Francis Cardoza
Edward Herrmann
Stephen Holmes
John McLiam
President Ulysse
Ossie Davis
Narrator
Barbara O. Jones
Rachel Jackson
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 Jacks
Tony Ross
Young Jeff Jacks
Eric Washington
Older Marcus Jac
Rodney King Adams
Young Marcus Jac
Howard Brunner
Lawyer Greene
Howland Chamberlain
Isaac Went
Georgia Allen
Mrs. Carter
James Bowman
1st White Trash
Don Brady
2nd White Trash
Robert Bloodworth
Major at Convent
Barbara Chaney
Mrs. Ganfret
Stuart Culpepper
Major Walsh
Lionel Ferbis Jr.
Uncle Baddy
Peter Gabb
3rd White Trash
Ian Graham
Jimmy Lait
Jerome Greene
Black Delegate
Bill Holliday
Yankee Boss
Don Hood
Gen. Ganfret
Maurice Hunt
Dudley Carwell
Don Lutenbacher
Convention Speak
Ritchie Montgomery
Soldier
Danny Nelson
Auctioneer
Afemo Omilami
Young Black Man
Courtney Pledger
Mrs. Dupre
David Robbins
Wounded Redshirt
Jeremiah Shabazz
Well-Dressed Bla
Gregory White
Clair Willis
Bob Zay
Roger Dupre

Trailers
  1. Muhammad Ali in Freedom Road (1978)