In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Victor Love
Bigger Thomas
Matt Dillon
Jan
Elizabeth McGovern
Mary Dalton
Geraldine Page
Peggy
Oprah Winfrey
Mrs. Thomas
Akosua Busia
Bessie
Carroll Baker
Mrs. Dalton
John McMartin
Mr. Dalton
Art Evans
Doc
John Karlen
Max
Willard E. Pugh
Gus
David Rasche
Buckley
Ving Rhames
Jack
Lane Smith
Britton
George D. Wallace
Judge
Chuck Hicks
White Man #4
Shavar Ross
Buddy
Richard Wesley
Bartender
John Otrin
Reporter #1
Adam Gregor
Reporter #2
William Boyett
Reporter #3
Robert Alan Browne
Reporter #4
Arell Blanton
White Man #3
Jerrold Freedman
Director
Richard Wright
Writer
Diane Silver
Producer
Apr 6, 1941
Dec 11, 2001
Apr 3, 1996
Sep 10, 2004
Mar 14, 2025
Jan 27, 1999
Dec 17, 1999
Sep 10, 2006
Feb 25, 2022
May 6, 2005
Dec 13, 2019
Oct 14, 2022
Apr 5, 2019
Nov 20, 1981
Aug 16, 1950
Apr 12, 2013
American Playhouse
US
Cinétudes Films
United States
English