| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Anne Goursaud | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Charles Correll | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Daniel A. Lomino | Crew | Art | Production Design |
 David Zelag Goodman | Crew | Writing | Writer |
George Folsey Jr. | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Howard Fast | Crew | Writing | Novel |
 Ján Kadár | Crew | Directing | Director |
Leland Nolan | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Tony Brubaker | Crew | Crew | Stunt Double |
Zev Braun | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Chet Walker | Crew | Production | Producer |
Terry James | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Jocelyn A. Cotlon | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Bill Webb | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
 Afemo Omilami | Cast | Actor | Young Black Man with Scars |
 Alfre Woodard | Cast | Actress | Katie |
 Barbara O. Jones | Cast | Actress | Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones) |
Bill Holliday | Cast | Yankee Boss | |
Courtney Pledger | Cast | Mrs. Dupre | |
 Danny Nelson | Cast | Auctioneer | |
Don Brady | Cast | Actor | 2nd White Trash Delegate |
 Don Hood | Cast | Actor | Gen. Ganfret |
 Edward Herrmann | Cast | Actor | Stephen Holmes |
Ernest Dixon | Cast | Marion Jefferson | |
Fred Covington | Cast | Actor | Sheriff Bentley |
Georgia Allen | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Carter |
 Grace Zabriskie | Cast | Actress | Ruth Lait |
 Gregory White | Cast | Actor | Clair Willis |
Howard Brunner | Cast | Actor | Lawyer Greene |
 Howland Chamberlain | Cast | Actor | Isaac Went |
 Joel Fluellen | Cast | Actor | James Allenby |
 John McLiam | Cast | Actor | President Ulysses S. Grant |
 Kris Kristofferson | Cast | Actor | Abner Lait |
 Muhammad Ali | Cast | Actor | Gideon Jackson |
 Ossie Davis | Cast | Actor | Narrator |
 Ritchie Montgomery | Cast | Actor | Soldier |
Robert Bloodworth | Cast | Actor | Major at Convention |
Ron Gural | Cast | Frank Carlson | |
 Ron O'Neal | Cast | Actor | Francis Cardoza |
Sonny Jim Gaines | Cast | Brother Peter | |
 Sonny Shroyer | Cast | Actor | Jason Hugar |
Stuart Culpepper | Cast | Actor | Major Walsh |
 Sylvia Kuumba Williams | Cast | Actress | Louise Jefferson |
Tony Ross | Cast | Young Jeff Jackson | |
 William Allen Young | Cast | Actor | Older Jeff Jackson |
Peter Gabb | Cast | 3rd White Trash Delegate | |
Tom Delaney | Cast | Will Boone | |
Jerome Greene | Cast | Black Delegate | |
Barbara Chaney | Cast | Mrs. Ganfret | |
Maurice Hunt | Cast | Dudley Carwell | |
Don Lutenbacher | Cast | Convention Speaker | |
James Bowman | Cast | 1st White Trash Delegate | |
Jean Foster | Cast | Ellen Allenby | |
Lionel Ferbis Jr. | Cast | Uncle Baddy | |
Earl D.A. Smith | Cast | Hannibal | |
Bill Mackey | Cast | Trooper | |
Rodney King Adams | Cast | Young Marcus Jackson | |
Eric Washington | Cast | Older Marcus Jackson | |
Ian Graham | Cast | Jimmy Lait | |
David Robbins | Cast | Wounded Redshirt | |
Bob Zay | Cast | Roger Dupre | |
Jeremiah Shabazz | Cast | Well-Dressed Black Delegate | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
