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 John Anderson William Hazard Guest Star Lee Bergere Nicholas Fabray Guest Star Jonathan Frakes Stanley Hazard Guest Star Wendy Fulton Isabel Truscott Hazard Guest Star David Harris Priam Guest Star Mitch Ryan Tillet Main Guest Star Forest Whitaker Cuffey Guest Star William Ostrander Forbes LaMotte Guest Star Alveda King Slave Guest Star Richard Heffron Director Paul Freeman Producer