Drama / History /

Score: 76.1%( 143 votes )

Overview: Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.

Cast:

Sissy Spacek
Miriam Thompson

Whoopi Goldberg
Odessa Cotter

Dwight Schultz
Norman Thompson

Ving Rhames
Herbert Cotter

Dylan Baker
Tunker Thompson

Erika Alexander
Selma Cotter

Lexi Randall
Mary Catherine

Richard Habersham
Theodore Cotter

Jason Weaver
Franklin Cotter

Crystal Robbins
Sara Thompson

Cherene Snow
Claudia

Chelcie Ross
Martin

Dan Butler
Charlie

Philip Sterling
Winston

Schuyler Fisk
Judy (Girl at Oak Park)

Nancy Moore Atchison
Anne (Girl at Oak Park)

Haynes Brooke
Policeman at Oak Park

Jim Aycock
Roger

Rebecca Wackler
Lucille

Charles Hubbard
Mr. Cooper

Harriet Sumner
Mrs. Cooper

Gleaves Azar
Grandma Thompson

Jim Haffey
Bus Driver

Stacy Fleming
Tall Boy

Jefferson Taffet
Boy #2

Jay Reed
Boy #3

Afemo Omilami
Taxi Driver

Debbie Hackett
Betsy

Lynne Pickering
Laura Ann

Fairley McDonald
Jeff Sewell

Graham Timbes
Clyde Sellers

Norman Matlock
Preacher

Dorrell Dorsey
Woman in Church

Bobby Howard
Clipboard Man

Cynthia B. Wilson
Black Maid

Dan Jenkins
Auburn Fan #1

Katherine Conely
Mrs. Midgley

Sherwood 'Ric' Pearson
George Millo

Kevin Thigpen
Worker #1

Everett McCorvey
Church Speaker

T. Clifford Bibb
Choir Leader

A. Bernard Sneed
Organist

David E. McCorvey
Older Black Man

Carl Stephens
Newscaster

Perry Carter
Sammy Chancelor

Henry Marcus Jr.
Cliff

Troy La Don Pate
Party Guest

Michael Sansom
Angry Man (Eugene)

Dorothy Love Coates
Lead Singer at Car Lot

Christine Windham
Singer #1 at Car Lot

Gladys Bozwell
Singer at Car Lot

Betty Jean Washington
Singer at Car Lot

Minnie Stringer
Singer at Car Lot

Callie Graham
Singer at Car Lot

Lillian Luddington
Singer at Car Lot

Fidella Earls
Singer at Car Lot

Cynthia King
Singer at Car Lot

Mary Steenburgen
Narrator (voice)