Michael Murphy
as Quentin
Richard Dysart
as Master Bryant
Michael Murphy
Joel Fluellen
as Unc Isom
Teddy Airhart
as Sheriff Guidry (uncredited)
Thalmus Rasulala
as Ned
Odetta
as Big Laura
Josephine Premice
as Mme. Gautier
Eric Brown
as Young Jimmy
Woodrow Chambliss
as Freedom Investigator (uncredited)
Barbara Chaney
as Amma Dean (uncredited)
Noel Cravenze
as Long-Haired Boy (uncredited)
Jerry Green
as Etienne (uncredited)
James Goodman
as Mr. Clyde (uncredited)
Will Hare
as Cluveau
David Hooks
as Colonel Dye
Valeria Odell
as Ticey
Roy Poole
as Mister Robert