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Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black men accused of raping two women on an Alabama freight train.

Timothy Hutton
Samuel Leibowitz

David Strathairn
Judge James Horton

Leelee Sobieski
Victoria Price

Anthony Mackie
William Lee

Bill Sage
Thomas Knight, Jr.

Azura Skye
Ruby Bates

James Tolkan
Thomas Knight, Sr.

Bill Smitrovich
George Chamlee

Maury Chaykin
Lyle Harris

Joseph Lyle Taylor
Joseph Brodsky

B.J. Britt
Haywood Patterson

Lew Temple
Wade Wright

Francie Swift
Belle Leibowitz

Ian Nelson
Lester Carter

Will Owens
E.L. Lewis

Artel Great
Willie Roberson

Ty Jones
William Patterson

Afemo Omilami
Leonard George

Tom Groenwald
Harry Wolkoff

John Campion
H.G. Bailey

Stephanie Sawyer
Elizabeth

Henry Brown
Earl Higgins

David Briggs
Calvin Bennet

Bennett Wayne Dean Sr.
Dr. Bridges (as Wayne Dean)

George Mills
Ora Dobbins

Elijah Kelley
Leroy Wright

Robert W. Evans
Orville Gilley (as Rob Evans)

Tom Seiler
Newsman

Gary Russell
Sam Leibowitz's Assistant

Jeff Cole
Dr. Lynch

Elayn J. Taylor
Mrs. Patterson

Robert Collier
Stephen R. Roddy

Sarah Stevens
Sally

Hollywood Heard
Sheriff

Courtney Blythe Turk
Young Daughter

Darryl Reeves
Charlie (uncredited)

Mike Pniewski
Deputy (uncredited)

Larnell Stovall
Clarence Norris (uncredited)