In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Bigger Thomas
Victor Love
Jan
Matt Dillon
Mary Dalton
Elizabeth McGovern
Peggy
Geraldine Page
Mrs. Thomas
Oprah Winfrey
Bessie
Akosua Busia
Mrs. Dalton
Carroll Baker
Mr. Dalton
John McMartin
Doc
Art Evans
Max
John Karlen
Gus
Willard E. Pugh
Buckley
David Rasche
Jack
Ving Rhames
Britton
Lane Smith
Judge
George D. Wallace
White Man #4
Chuck Hicks