Cast

C
Cicely Tyson
as Harriet Ross Tubman
W
Will Geer
as Thomas Garrett
R
Robert Hooks
as William Still
O
Orson Welles
as Narrator (voice)
J
Jason Bernard
as Daddy Ben Ross
J
John Getz
as Stewart
J
James B. Sikking
as McCracken
C
Clifford David
as Doc Thompson
M
Mae Mercer
as Aunt Juba
C
Charles Weldon
as Shadrack Davis
D
Dick Anthony Williams
as John Tubman
J
Jean Foster
as Young Harriet Tubman
J
Judyann Elder
as Bernette Wilson
H
Hari Rhodes
as Tavwell Robinson
M
Malik Carter
as Black Man
M
Marilyn Coleman
as Molly
T
Todd Davis
as Jim
C
Cecilia Hart
as Susan Broadas
A
Alice Hirson
as Miss Rodham
H
Hector Maisonette
as Josiah 'Joe' Bailey
J
John Perak
as Charley
H
Hank Rolike
as Amos
P
Patricia Smith
as Mrs. Leah Jenkins
A
Ann Weldon
as Mama Ritt Ross
H
Howard Witt
as Edward Broadas
J
Jimmy Bridges
as Young Shadrack Davis
E
Eugene Daniels
as Patroller #1
R
Robert Harper
as Wagon Driver
M
Melody Harris
as Tilly
M
Michael Hayward
as Coleman's Man #1
P
Peter Hellman
as Karl Muller
D
Don Hood
as Tom Hughett
B
B.J. Hooper
as Chairman
J
James Jeter
as Bowers
K
Kedren Jones
as Elvina
R
Roy Jones
as Robert Ross
J
Jerry Leggio
as Coleman's Man #3
M
Minnie Summers Lindsey
as Rebecca
D
Dennis McCarthy
as Boatman
J
James O'Connell
as Conductor
F
F. William Parker
as Buyer
K
Kenneth Rogers
as Edward Broad
R
Ray Spruell
as Planter
J
James Steele
as Patroller #2
E
Emmanuel Thomas
as Willie
E
Elliot Washington
as Benjie Ross
K
Kenneth White
as Heckler
F
Frances E. Williams
as Old Woman in Church
R
Roberta Jean Williams
as Addie Robinson
S
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
as Mammy Portia
J
Jerii Woods
as Martha Robinson
J
James Wainwright
as Andrew Coleman