A television movie about the friendship that develops between a young white girl and an older black man in a racist, rural Georgia town during the 1940s.
Louis Gossett Jr.
as Simpson
Sara Gilbert
as Sudie Harrigan
John M. Jackson
as Dr. Walter Stubbs
Frances Fisher
as Mrs. Marge Allen
Paige Danahy
as Mary Agnes Clark
Ken Strong
as Mr. Harrigan
Robby Preddy
as Mrs. Hester Harrigan
Larry Black
as Mr. Etheridge
Scott Brian Higgs
as Lem Coker
Howard Kingkade
as Earl Rice
Tim Powell
as Mr. Lester Clark
Linda Pierce
as Mrs. Clark