Cast
Blair Underwood
Bob Richardson
Sally Kirkland
Mrs. Canfield
David Strathairn
Bill Thomas
Paris Vaughan
Lada
Harold Pruett
John Riggs
Adam Arkin
Art Berman
Christopher M. Brown
Reggie Freeman
Emily Yancy
Guidance Counselor
Cicely Tyson
Ruthana Richardson
Margaret Avery
Roxie Turpin
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Clifford Turpin
Marilyn Coleman
Cora
Mark Rolston
Officer Zekanis
Pepper Sweeney
Spook Hunter
Glenn Plummer
J.T. Turpin
Michael Greene
Mr. Canfield
James Earl Jones
Junius Johnson
Robert Hooks
Reverend Brooks
Charlie Korsmo
Jason (age 12)
T.E. Russell
Dominique Freeman
Bebe Drake
Winnie (as Bebe Drake-Massey)