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During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.
Director
Writer
Music
Studio
Public Forum Productions, American Playhouse, KERA-TV, PBS
Cast
Full credits →D
Damien Leake
Frank Custer
A
Alfre Woodard
Mattie
D
Dennis Farina
Supervisor
E
Ernest Rayford
Thomas Joshua
M
Moses Gunn
Heavy Williams
C
Clarence Felder
Bremer
M
Mary Alice
Lilah Dean
C
Cynthia Baker
Emma
G
Gerry Becker
Meyer
W
Wanda Christine
Woman in Bar
S
Stephen McKinley Henderson
James Cheeks
G
Gene Janson
Dennis Lane
T
Ted Levine
Policeman
J
John Mahoney
Thomas Condon
J
James O'Reilly
John Fitzpatrick
W
Ward Ohrman
Secretary of Labor
J
Jeris Poindexter
Lonnie
W
Wally Taylor
Robert Bedford
J
James Vallo
Army Man
B
Bill Blair
Dock Security Guard (uncredited)
