| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Dennis Jones | Crew | Sound | Boom Operator |
Don Guest | Crew | Directing | Assistant Director, Production Manager |
Joe Scully | Crew | Production | Casting |
 John A. Alonzo | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
 Lonne Elder III | Crew | Writing | Screenplay |
Louis Donelan | Crew | Art | Property Master |
 Martin Ritt | Crew | Directing | Director |
Michael A. Hoey | Crew | Editing | Additional Editing |
Nedra Rosemond-Watt | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Wardrobe Coordinator |
Peter Wooley | Crew | Art | Assistant Art Director |
Robert B. Radnitz | Crew | Production | Producer |
Sidney Levin | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Taj Mahal | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
Walter Scott Herndon | Crew | Art | Production Design |
William H. Armstrong | Crew | Writing | Novel |
Tom Overton | Crew | Sound | Sound Mixer |
Charles Washburn | Crew | Directing | Second Assistant Director |
Jerry Brutsche | Crew | Crew | Stunts |
Robert Krume | Crew | Art | Construction Coordinator |
Jerry Rosenthal | Crew | Sound | Sound |
Robert Rogow | Crew | Sound | Boom Operator |
 Cicely Tyson | Cast | Actress | Rebecca Morgan |
 James Best | Cast | Actor | Sheriff Charlie Young |
 Janet MacLachlan | Cast | Actress | Camille Johnson |
Jerry Leggio | Cast | Actor | Guard #1 |
 Kevin Hooks | Cast | Actor | David Lee Morgan |
 Paul Winfield | Cast | Actor | Nathan Lee Morgan |
 Sylvia Kuumba Williams | Cast | Actress | Harriet |
Taj Mahal | Cast | Actor | Ike |
 Carmen Mathews | Cast | Actress | Mrs. Boatwright |
 Eric Hooks | Cast | Earl Morgan | |
 Yvonne Jarrell | Cast | Josie Mae Morgan | |
Teddy Airhart | Cast | Mr. Perkins | |
Richard Durham | Cast | Perkins' Foreman | |
Wendell Brumfield | Cast | Deputy #1 | |
Al Bankston | Cast | Deputy #2 | |
Myrl Sharkey | Cast | Teacher | |
Inez Durham | Cast | Court Clerk | |
William T. Bennett | Cast | Judge | |
Thomas N. Phillips | Cast | Pastor | |
Carl Braser | Cast | Wagon Driver | |
Peter Goff | Cast | Guard #2 | |
Walter L. Chaney | Cast | Guard #3 | |
Roy Idom | Cast | Guard #4 | |
Isaac Greggs | Cast | Convict #2 | |
Jackie Spears | Cast | Girl #1 | |
Porter Mathews | Cast | Boy #1 | |
Timothy Smith | Cast | Boy #2 | |
Spencer Bradford | Cast | Clarence | |
Swampy | Cast | Sounder (uncredited) | |
Randy Wilson | Cast | Convict #1 | |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
