Savannah is the true story of Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river. Ward navigates the change of early 20th century America on the wrong side of the law and society, his long-time friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, at his side. Master of Shakespeare, and the shotgun that provides Savannah's markets with fowl, Ward fights for his rights as a hunter. His charisma and eloquent rhetoric win the heart of a society woman who defies her father to marry him. An elderly Moultrie tells the story of life on the river with his friend to a little boy, who passes the legendary Ward Allen down to the next generation.
Jim Caviezel
as Ward Allen
Chiwetel Ejiofor
as Christmas Moultrie
Jaimie Alexander
as Lucy Stubbs
Bradley Whitford
as Jack Cay
Sam Shepard
as Mr. Stubbs
Tracey Walter
as Mathias
Jack McBrayer
as Sir Graham
Hal Holbrook
as Judge Harden
Simone Griffeth
as Mrs. Stubbs
George Whitford
as Little Jack Whitford
Clay Chappell
as Prosecutor
Chip Lane
as Cay Sr.
