Dramatizes the events in 1955-1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, when blacks boycotted public transport because they were forced to sit at the back. Odessa works as a maid for the Thompsons, and as well as she is treated, she feels it is her duty to walk to work, even if it means she is exhausted, and gets to work late.
Directed By
Richard PearceWritten By
John CorkCast of The Long Walk Home
Sissy SpacekMiriam Thompson
Whoopi GoldbergOdessa Cotter
Dwight SchultzNorman Thompson
Ving RhamesHerbert Cotter
Dylan BakerTunker Thompson
Erika AlexanderSelma Cotter
Lexi RandallMary Catherine
Richard HabershamTheodore Cotter
Jason WeaverFranklin Cotter
Crystal RobbinsSara Thompson
Cherene SnowClaudia
Chelcie RossMartin
Dan ButlerCharlie
Philip SterlingWinston
Schuyler FiskJudy (Girl at Oak Park)
Nancy Moore AtchisonAnne (Girl at Oak Park)
Haynes BrookePoliceman at Oak Park
Jim AycockRoger
Rebecca WacklerLucille
Charles HubbardMr. Cooper
Harriet SumnerMrs. Cooper
Gleaves AzarGrandma Thompson
Jim HaffeyBus Driver
Stacy FlemingTall Boy
Jefferson TaffetBoy #2
Jay ReedBoy #3
Afemo OmilamiTaxi Driver
Debbie HackettBetsy
Lynne PickeringLaura Ann
Fairley McDonaldJeff Sewell
Graham TimbesClyde Sellers
Norman MatlockPreacher
Dorrell DorseyWoman in Church
Bobby HowardClipboard Man
Cynthia B. WilsonBlack Maid
Dan JenkinsAuburn Fan #1
Katherine ConelyMrs. Midgley
Sherwood 'Ric' PearsonGeorge Millo
Kevin ThigpenWorker #1
Everett McCorveyChurch Speaker
T. Clifford BibbChoir Leader
A. Bernard SneedOrganist
David E. McCorveyOlder Black Man
Carl StephensNewscaster
Perry CarterSammy Chancelor
Henry Marcus Jr.Cliff
Troy La Don PateParty Guest
Michael SansomAngry Man (Eugene)
Dorothy Love CoatesLead Singer at Car Lot
Christine WindhamSinger #1 at Car Lot
Gladys BozwellSinger at Car Lot
Betty Jean WashingtonSinger at Car Lot
Minnie StringerSinger at Car Lot
Callie GrahamSinger at Car Lot
Lillian LuddingtonSinger at Car Lot
Fidella EarlsSinger at Car Lot
Cynthia KingSinger at Car Lot
Mary SteenburgenNarrator (voice)
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