Freedom Road

Directed by Ján Kadár
1979    3h 6mDrama
5.7
Muhammad Ali, in a rare acting role, plays Gideon Jackson, an ex-slave in 1870's Virginia who gets elected to the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C. and battles other former slaves and white sharecroppers to keep the land they tended all their lives.

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Cast of Freedom Road

  • Muhammad AliGideon Jackson
  • Kris KristoffersonAbner Lait
  • Ron O'NealFrancis Cardoza
  • Edward HerrmannStephen Holmes
  • John McLiamPresident Ulysses S. Grant
  • Ossie DavisNarrator
  • Barbara O. JonesRachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
  • Sonny Jim GainesBrother Peter
  • Joel FluellenJames Allenby
  • Jean FosterEllen Allenby
  • Grace ZabriskieRuth Lait
  • Bill MackeyTrooper
  • Earl D.A. SmithHannibal
  • Alfre WoodardKatie
  • Alfred E. CovingtonSheriff Bentley
  • Sonny ShroyerJason Hugar
  • Ernest DixonMarion Jefferson
  • Sylvia Kuumba WilliamsLouise Jefferson
  • Tom DelaneyWill Boone
  • Ron GuralFrank Carlson
  • William Allen YoungOlder Jeff Jackson
  • Tony RossYoung Jeff Jackson
  • Eric WashingtonOlder Marcus Jackson
  • Rodney King AdamsYoung Marcus Jackson
  • Howard BrunnerLawyer Greene
  • Howland ChamberlainIsaac Went
  • Georgia AllenMrs. Carter
  • James Bowman1st White Trash Delegate
  • Don Brady2nd White Trash Delegate
  • Robert BloodworthMajor at Convention
  • Barbara ChaneyMrs. Ganfret
  • Stuart CulpepperMajor Walsh
  • Lionel Ferbis Jr.Uncle Baddy
  • Peter Gabb3rd White Trash Delegate
  • Ian GrahamJimmy Lait
  • Jerome GreeneBlack Delegate
  • Bill HollidayYankee Boss
  • Don HoodGen. Ganfret
  • Maurice HuntDudley Carwell
  • Don LutenbacherConvention Speaker
  • Ritchie MontgomerySoldier
  • Danny NelsonAuctioneer
  • Afemo OmilamiYoung Black Man with Scars
  • Courtney PledgerMrs. Dupre
  • David RobbinsWounded Redshirt
  • Jeremiah ShabazzWell-Dressed Black Delegate
  • Gregory WhiteClair Willis
  • Bob ZayRoger Dupre

 

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