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  Cicely Tyson

  Rebecca
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  Kevin Hooks

  David Lee Morgan
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  Taj Mahal

  Ike
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  Paul Winfield

  Nathan Lee Morgan
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  James Best

  Sheriff Young
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  Jerry Leggio

  Guard #1
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  Teddy Airhart

  Mr. Perkins (as Ted Airhart)
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  Inez Durham

  Court Clerk

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  Richard Durham

  Perkins' Foreman
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  Eric Hooks

  Earl Morgan
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  Yvonne Jarrell

  Josie Mae Morgan
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  Carmen Mathews

  Mrs. Boatwright
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  Myrl Sharkey

  Teacher (as Merle Sharkey)
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  Sylvia Kuumba Williams

  Harriet (as Sylvia 'Kuumba' Williams)
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  Wendell Brumfield

  Deputy #1

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  Al Bankston

  Deputy #2