cast
- Lenore Banks
- Miss Merle
- Tiger Haynes
- Booker
- Louis Gossett, Jr.
- Mathu
- Will Patton
- Lou Dimes
- Richard Widmark
- Sheriff Mapes
- Joe Seneca
- Clatoo
- Adam Storke
- Gil
- Woody Strode
- Yank
- Rosanna Carter
- Beulah
- Julius Harris
- Coot
- Holly Hunter
- Candy Marshall
- Walter Breaux
- Charlie
- Al Shannon
- Luke
crew
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Director
- Charles Fuller
- Screenwriter
- Ernest J. Gaines
- Book Author
- Edward Lachman
- Cinematographer
- Ron Carter
- Composer (Music Score)
- Thomas A. Walsh
- Production Designer
- Jan Pascale
- Set Designer
