Robert Hooks

Nate Simmons

Cicely Tyson

Priscilla Simmons

Kevin Hooks

Junior

Eric Hooks

Highpockets

Beah Richards

Grandma

Lincoln Kilpatrick

Joe Mayfield

Mary Alice

Helen Mayfield

Edward Binns

Mr. Claypool

Sonny Jim Gaines

Trunk

Minnie Gentry

Aunt Velvet

Tia Rance

Darlene

Philip Wende

Sheriff

Albert B. Cooper IV

Stand-in (uncredited)

Robert Ellis Miller