Gordon Parks Jr. Director Max Julien J.P. Bushrod Actor, Screenwriter, Producer Vonetta McGee Thomasine Actor George Murdock U.S. Marshal Bogardie Actor Glynn Turman Jomo J. Anderson Actor Juanita Moore Pecolia Actor Joel Fluellen Nathaniel Actor Jackson D. Kane Adolph Smith Actor Bud Conlan Mr. Tyler Actor Patricia Milner Mrs. Carter Actor James Sargeant Farley Actor Harvey Bernhard Producer Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Original Music Lucien Ballard Cinematographer Frank C. Decot Film Editing Bert Allen Set Decoration Andrea Lilly Costume Design