
100 minutes
4/22/1976
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.

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