The Long Walk Home

1990, Drama, 1h 37m

16 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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Odessa Carter (Whoopi Goldberg) needs to get to work as a nanny in the home of the affluent Miriam Thompson (Sissy Spacek), but she refuses to take the bus. Odessa is participating in the Montgomery bus boycott, protesting against the inequality between blacks and whites, so Miriam decides to offer Odessa a ride to work every day. Though the community and Miriam's husband (Dwight Schultz) insist she not get involved, the relationship between Miriam and Odessa has already changed for the better.
  • Rating:
    PG
  • Genre:
    Drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Richard Pearce
  • Producer:
    Hawk Koch, Dave Bell
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $1.8M
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Dave Bell Associates, New Vision Films
  • Sound Mix:
    Surround

Cast & Crew

Sissy Spacek
Miriam Thompson
Whoopi Goldberg
Odessa Cotter
Dwight Schultz
Norman Thompson
Ving Rhames
Herbert Cotter
Dylan Baker
Tunker Thompson
Erika Alexander
Selma Cotter
Lexi Randall
Mary Catherine
Richard Habersham
Theodore Cotter
Jason Weaver
Franklin Cotter
Mary Steenburgen
Narrator
Richard Pearce
Director
Hawk Koch
Producer
Dave Bell
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