In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe that the boys are innocent and, against all advice from his friends and family, sets them free, which turns the entire community against him.
Genres:
Arthur Hill as Judge James Edwin Horton
Lewis J. Stadlen as Sam Liebowitz
Ken Kercheval as Dist. Atty. Tom Knight
Vera Miles as Mrs. Horton
Ellen Barber as Victoria Price
Susan Lederer as Ruby Bates
David Harris as Haywood Patterson
Robert Fields as Joe Brodsky
Rony Clanton as Andy Wright
Tom Ligon as Lester Carter
Richard Backus as Dr. Lynch
Michael Adams as Gene Williams
Larry Butts as LeRoy Wright
Frank Bettis as Ozie Powell
Roy Cooper as Rossiter
James L. Day as Clarence Norris
Joe Dorsey as Newlin Andrews
Louis Fox as Win Baker
Afemo Omilami as Charlie Weems
Lane Smith as Tyler
Barry Snider as Cpt. Burleson
Josef Sommer as Pomeroy
Donald Symington as Allen
Wallace Thomas as Willie Roberson
Bruce Watson as Orville Gilley
Gregory Wyatt as Olen Montgomery
Paul Benjamin as Ramsey
Anthony Heald as Lawyer Crony
Sonny Shroyer as Noah
Gene Witham as Townsperson
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