The Color of Courage

5.7

91 minutes

2/10/1999

Overview

Based on the landmark civil rights case Sipes vs. McGhee, The Color of Courage chronicles the friendship between a white woman and a black woman whose family, the McGhees, has moved into a previously all-white neighborhood. A McGhee granddaughter, Kathleen McGhee-Anderson, wrote the script.

Cast List

Linda Hamilton
as Anna Sipes
Lynn Whitfield
as Minnie McGhee
Bruce Greenwood
as Benjamin Sipes
Roger Guenveur Smith
as Mac McGhee
David Andrews
as Philip Renfrew
Jenny O'Hara
as Dorothy Renfrew
Gannon Brown
as Reggie McGhee
Shan Elliot
as Orsel McGhee
Tegan Moss
as Maggie Sipes
Kevin McNulty
as Thompson
Paul Jarrett
as Stanford
Dee Jay Jackson
as Fred
Bill Dow
as Winchell
Gillian Barber
as Carol
Glynis Davies
as Audrey
Linden Banks
as Andrews
Fred Henderson
as Donnelly
Blu Mankuma
as Hollis Grey
P.J. Prinsloo
as Howard
Henry O. Watson
as Francis Kent
Juliana Wimbles
as Lewellyn
Nathaniel DeVeaux
as Landlord
Rhys Williams
as Milton
Laurie Murdoch
as Bloodheart
Stephen Dimopoulos
as Joachim
Simon Longmore
as Devon
Roger Cross
as Thurgood Marshall
William Nunn
as Chief Justice Vinson
French Tickner
as Judge Braddock
Charles Payne
as Observer
Charles Andre
as Drunken Male
Tim Dixon
as Reporter #1
Roger Haskett
as Reporter #2
Alandra
as Saleswoman #1
Ernie Pitts
as Youth #1
Phillip Mitchell
as Deputy
Sarah Hayward
as Woman in the Street
Cameron Phillips
as Bartender