Based on the official transcripts of the investigation that followed after the very suspicious notorious death in prison of one of the most important leading men of the South African anti-apartheid movement, Steven Biko.
Michael Aldridge
as Dr. Carter
Nigel Davenport
as Colonel Goosen
Mark Dignam
as Martinus Prins
Albert Finney
as Sidney Kentridge
Stafford Gordon
as Major Snyman
Michael Gough
as Professor Loubser
Edward Hardwicke
as Professor Proctor
Paul Jerricho
as Lieutenant Wilken
Richard Johnson
as Dr. Hersch
John Standing
as Van Rensburg
Paul Fryer
as Clerk to van Rensburg
Betty Bod Hlela
as Steve Biko's Widow