A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.
Sidney Poitier
as Buck
Harry Belafonte
as Preacher
Ruby Dee
as Ruth
Cameron Mitchell
as Deshay
Denny Miller
as Floyd
Nita Talbot
as Madam Esther
John Kelly
as Sheriff
Tony Brubaker
as Headman
Bobby Johnson
as Man Who is Shot
James McEachin
as Kingston
Clarence Muse
as Cudjo
Lynn Hamilton
as Sarah