Cast
Jason Bernard
Coach Temple
Denzel Washington
Robert Eldridge, age 18
Norman Matlock
Dr. Gordon
L. Warren Young
Post Office Assistant
Pauletta Washington
Mae Faggs (as Paulette Pearson)
Joe Seneca
Ed Rudolph
Andrea Frierson
Martha Hudson
Shirley Jo Finney
Wilma Rudolph
Cicely Tyson
Blanche Rudolph
Larry B. Scott
Robert Eldridge, age 12