Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Andre Braugher | ... | A. Philip Randolph (as André Braugher) | |
Charles S. Dutton | ... | Milton Webster | |
Mario Van Peebles | ... | Ashley Totten | |
Brock Peters | ... | Leon Frey | |
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Carla Brothers | ... | Lucille Randolph |
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Kenneth McGregor | ... | Barton Davis |
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Ellen Holly | ... | Selena Frey |
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Ernestine Jackson | ... | Mrs. Randolph |
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Ardon Bess | ... | Daddy Moore |
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Ordena Stephens | ... | Sandi Totten |
James McGowan | ... | Desmond | |
Kedar Brown | ... | James Randolph (as Kedar) | |
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Christopher Bondy | ... | William Green (as Chris Bondy) |
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Neville Edwards | ... | E.J. Daniels |
Collette Micks | ... | Mrs. Robbins |
Union activist Asa Philip Randolph's efforts to organize the black porters of the Pullman Rail Company in 1920s America.
This film is an excellent way to illustrate to the current generations that the historic struggle for civil rights started long before the 1960's. It is also interwoven with the labor movement of other workers and the treatment by big business. While historic, it may be wise for some to pay attention to the current standing of unions and to the fact that unions really made the middle class of today. The dirty tricks of the Pullman company including the "communist threat" are illustrated as they have been in past movies. The actors in this movie do a great job. Duton and Braugher offer stellar performances as usual. Director Ronert Townsend solidly directs the events .