"Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black men accused of raping two women on an Alabama freight train."
Timothy Hutton
as Samuel Leibowitz
David Strathairn
as Judge James Horton
Leelee Sobieski
as Victoria Price
Anthony Mackie
as William Lee
Bill Sage
as Thomas Knight, Jr.
Azura Skye
as Ruby Bates
James Tolkan
as Thomas Knight, Sr.
Bill Smitrovich
as George Chamlee
Maury Chaykin
as Lyle Harris
Joseph Lyle Taylor
as Joseph Brodsky
B.J. Britt
as Haywood Patterson
Lew Temple
as Wade Wright
Francie Swift
as Belle Leibowitz
Ian Nelson
as Lester Carter
Will Owens
as E.L. Lewis
Artel Great
as Willie Roberson
Ty Jones
as William Patterson
Afemo Omilami
as Leonard George
Tom Groenwald
as Harry Wolkoff
John Campion
as H.G. Bailey
Stephanie Sawyer
as Elizabeth
Henry Brown
as Earl Higgins
David Briggs
as Calvin Bennet
Bennett Wayne Dean Sr.
as Dr. Bridges (as Wayne Dean)
George Mills
as Ora Dobbins
Elijah Kelley
as Leroy Wright
Robert W. Evans
as Orville Gilley (as Rob Evans)
Tom Seiler
as Newsman
Gary Russell
as Sam Leibowitz's Assistant
Jeff Cole
as Dr. Lynch
Elayn J. Taylor
as Mrs. Patterson
Robert Collier
as Stephen R. Roddy
Sarah Stevens
as Sally
Hollywood Heard
as Sheriff
Courtney Blythe Turk
as Young Daughter
Darryl Reeves
as Charlie (uncredited)
Mike Pniewski
as Deputy (uncredited)
Larnell Stovall
as Clarence Norris (uncredited)
Terry Green
Writer
Wade Danielson
Producer
Gloria Pryor
Anna Marie Crovetti
Michael Nehs
Co-Producer
Paul Sanchez
Director of Photography
Chief Lighting Technician
Director
Tony Llorens
Original Music Composer