John Newton was a troubled young man with a violent temper and a penchant for vulgarity that literally made his fellow sailors blush. Whipped for desertion and sold into slavery, it seemed his life would end early in a West African grave...until he was rescued by a ship captain sent by his father. Following a powerful conversion experience during a storm at sea, Newton would eventually become a pastor in the Church of England and the writer of several of the church's most beloved hymns, including "Amazing Grace".
Erik Nelson
as John Newton
Lunden De'Leon
as Aminata
Rob Springer
as Older Samuel Watson
Quinten Johnson
as Tribesman
Amber Dawn Fox
as Elizabeth Scatliffe Newton
Lilly Nelson
as Bar Wench
W. Scott Parker III
as Captain Philip Carteret
John Jackman
as Old John Newton
Landon Wall
as Young Samuel Watson
Jim McKeny
as Mr. Chapman
Edison Skinner
as Billy Prowse
Spyder MacDonald
as Captain Phelps
