Patrick Swayze Orry Main Actor James Read George Hazard Actor Terri Garber Ashton Main Huntoon Actor Kirstie Alley Virgilia Hazard Actor David Carradine Justin LaMotte Actor Georg Stanford Brown Garrison Grady Actor Philip Casnoff Elkanah Bent Actor Lesley-Anne Down Madeline Fabray LaMotte Actor Genie Francis Brett Main Actor Wendy Kilbourne Constance Flynn Hazard Actor Jim Metzler James Huntoon Actor Lewis Smith Charles Main Actor John Stockwell Billy Hazard Actor Johnny Cash John Brown Actor Olivia Cole Maum Sally Actor Morgan Fairchild Burdetta Halloran Actor Robert Guillaume Frederick Douglass Actor Hal Holbrook Abraham Lincoln Actor Gene Kelly Senator Charles Edwards Actor Robert Mitchum Patrick Flynn Actor Jean Simmons Clarissa Main Actor David Ogden Stiers Congressman Sam Greene Actor Inga Swenson Maude Hazard Actor Elizabeth Taylor Madam Conti Actor Paul Freeman Producer Chuck McLain Executive Producer David L. Wolper Executive Producer Richard Heffron Director