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 Genie Francis Brett Main Actor Jim Metzler James Huntoon Actor Lewis Smith Charles Main Actor Johnny Cash John Brown 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 Richard Heffron Director Paul Freeman Producer