Ivan Dixon as Duff Anderson

Abbey Lincoln as Josie

Julius Harris as Will Anderson

Gloria Foster as Lee

Martin Priest as Mill Worker

Leonard Parker as Frankie

Yaphet Kotto as Jocko

Stanley Greene as Rev. Dawson

Helen Lounck as Effie Simms

Helene Arrindell as Doris

Walter Wilson as Car Owner

Milton Williams as Pop

Mel Stewart as Riddick

Marshal Tompkin as Revivalist

Alfred Puryear as Barney

Ed Rowan as Willie

Tom Ligon as Teenager

William Jordan as Teenager

Dorothy Hall as Soloist

Gertrude Jeannette as Mrs. Dawson

Gil Rogers as Mill Foreman

Eugene Wood as Superintendant

Jim Wright as Barman

Arland Schubert as Hiring Boss

Peter Carew as Store Keeper

Bill Riola as Ginn Foreman

Jay Brooks as Undertaker

Robert Berger as Desk Clerk

Jary Banks as Bessie

Richard Ward as Mill Hand

Moses Gunn as Mill Hand

Mark Shapiro as Car Passenger

William Phillips as Car Passenger

Sylvia Ray as Church Woman

Esther Rolle as Church Woman

Evelyn Davis as Church Woman

Richard Webber as Garage owner