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Freedom Road (1979) (TV)
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Howard Fast (novel)
David Zelag Goodman (writer)
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29 October 1979 (USA) more
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Muhammad Ali, in a rare acting role, plays Gideon Jackson, an ex-slave in 1870's Virginia who gets elected to the U.S... more | add synopsis
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Muhammad Ali | ... | Gideon Jackson |
 | Kris Kristofferson | ... | Abner Lait |
 | Ron O'Neal | ... | Francis Cardoza |
 | Edward Herrmann | ... | Stephen Holms |
| John McLiam | ... | President Ulysses S. Grant |
 | Ossie Davis | ... | Narrator |
| Barbarao | ... | Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones) |
| Sonny Jim Gaines | ... | Brother Peter |
| Joel Fluellen | ... | James Allenby |
| Jean Foster | ... | Ellen Allenby |
 | Grace Zabriskie | ... | Ruth Lait |
| Bill Mackey | ... | Trooper |
| Earl D.A. Smith | ... | Hannibal |
 | Alfre Woodard | ... | Katie |
| Fred Covington | ... | Sheriff Bentley |
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186 min
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A truncated version was given a limited theatrical release in Europe in 1980. more
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