A Kentucky slave (Davis) fights for his freedom from a cruel overseer whose mistress eventually joins him and the other slaves in their revolt.
Dionne Warwick
as Cassy
Ossie Davis
as Luke
Stephen Boyd
as MacKay
Julius Harris
as Shadrach
David Huddleston
as Holland
Gale Sondergaard
as New Orleans lady
Shepperd Strudwick
as Mr. Stillwell
Marilyn Clark
as Mrs. Bennett
Nancy Coleman
as Mrs. Stillwell
Eva Jessye
as Julie
Robert Kya-Hill
as Jericho
Barbara Ann Teer
as Esther
