Highlights
Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift (1988) - Full Cast and Crew

1988Movie
Audience Score
68

Cast

L
LeVar Burton
as Kunta Kinte
L
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Fiddler
A
Avery Brooks
as Cletus Moyer
K
Kate Mulgrew
as Hattie Carraway
S
Shaun Cassidy
as Edmund Parker, Jr.
J
John McMartin
as Edmund Parker, Sr.
J
Jerry Hardin
as William Reynolds
A
Annabella Price
as Sarah Parker
M
Michael Learned
as Amelia Parker
F
Fran Bennett
as May
T
Tim Russ
as Marcellus
J
Jimmie F. Skaggs
as Scarvie
B
Brandy Brown
as Arabella
E
Ernest Harden Jr.
as Nick
M
Maria Bryant
as Lilly
J
James McIntire
as Jubal
L
Lawrence Mandley
as Boatman
J
John Sherrod
as Driver #1
K
Karl Anthony Smith
as Gaunt Man
J
J. Christopher Sullivan
as Driver #2
D
Donna Howell
as Elly
B
Billy Ray Reynolds
as Christopher
M
Michael Edwards
as Gentleman #1
M
Myke R. Mueller
as Gentleman #2
J
John Murray
as Bishop Wadley
A
Alex Haley
as Self - presenter
B
Bernard Peyton
as Jolly
T
Tina Andrews
as Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
R
Robert Goldman
as Horseman (uncredited)
D
Debra Perry
as Slave Girl (uncredited)

Crew

K
Kevin Hooks
Director
G
Gerald Fried
Original Music Composer
M
Mark Wolper
Producer
B
Bernard Sofronski
Executive Producer
D
David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
J
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
S
Stanford C. Allen
Editor
D
David Eyre
Writer
B
Bill Carroll
Unit Production Manager