The story that shocked the country.
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.
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Showing 23 of 23 loaded cast members.
as Bigger Thomas
AliveBorn: August 4, 1957
Age: 69
Camp LeJeune - North Carolina - USA
as Jan
AliveBorn: February 18, 1964
Age: 62
New Rochelle, New York, USA
as Mary Dalton
AliveBorn: July 18, 1961
Age: 65
Evanston, Illinois, USA
as Peggy
DeceasedBorn: November 22, 1924
Died: June 13, 1987
Age at death: 62
as Mrs. Thomas
AliveBorn: January 29, 1954
Age: 72
Kosciusko, Mississippi, USA
as Bessie
AliveBorn: December 30, 1966
Age: 59
Ghana
as Mrs. Dalton
AliveBorn: May 28, 1931
Age: 95
Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
as Mr. Dalton
DeceasedBorn: August 21, 1929
Died: July 6, 2016
Age at death: 86
as Doc
DeceasedBorn: March 27, 1942
Died: December 21, 2024
Age at death: 82
as Max
DeceasedBorn: May 28, 1933
Died: January 22, 2020
Age at death: 86
as Gus
AliveBorn: June 16, 1959
Age: 67
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
as Buckley
AliveBorn: August 7, 1944
Age: 82
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
as Jack
AliveBorn: May 12, 1959
Age: 67
New York City, New York, USA
as Britton
DeceasedBorn: April 29, 1936
Died: June 13, 2005
Age at death: 69
as Judge
DeceasedBorn: June 8, 1917
Died: July 22, 2005
Age at death: 88
as White Man #4
DeceasedBorn: December 26, 1927
Died: May 5, 2021
Age at death: 93
as Buddy
AliveBorn: March 4, 1971
Age: 55
Bronx, New York, USA
as Bartender
AliveBorn: July 11, 1945
Age: 81
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
as Reporter #1
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Reporter #2
DeceasedDied: October 27, 2023
Birth date not on record.
as Reporter #3
DeceasedBorn: January 3, 1927
Died: December 20, 2004
Age at death: 77
as Reporter #4
DeceasedBorn: June 2, 1932
Died: June 12, 2018
Age at death: 86
as White Man #3
AliveBorn: November 2, 1943
Age: 82