Freedom Road (1979)
3h 6m
Running Time
October 29, 1979Release Date
![Watch Freedom Road Trailer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/56347-freedom-road.webp)
Plot.
Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.
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Cast & Crew.
![Muhammad Ali](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/3213-muhammad-ali.webp)
Muhammad Ali
Gideon Jackson
![Kris Kristofferson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10981-kris-kristofferson.webp)
Kris Kristofferson
Abner Lait
![Ron O'Neal](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/18232-ron-o-neal.webp)
Ron O'Neal
Francis Cardoza
![Edward Herrmann](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/11625-edward-herrmann.webp)
Edward Herrmann
Stephen Holms
![John McLiam](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8209-john-mcliam.webp)
John McLiam
President Ulysses S. Grant
![Ossie Davis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/18260-ossie-davis.webp)
Ossie Davis
Narrator
![Barbara O. Jones](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Barbara O. Jones
Rachel Jackson
![Sonny Jim Gaines](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sonny Jim Gaines
Brother Peter
![Joel Fluellen](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26646-joel-fluellen.webp)
Joel Fluellen
James Allenby
![Jean Foster](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jean Foster
Ellen Allenby
![Grace Zabriskie](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/15093-grace-zabriskie.webp)
Grace Zabriskie
Ruth Lait
![Bill Mackey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bill Mackey
Trooper
![Ján Kadár](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/296297-jan-kadar.webp)
Ján Kadár
Director
![Howard Fast](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/443803-howard-fast.webp)
Howard Fast
Writer
![Earl D.A. Smith](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Earl D.A. Smith
Hannibal
![Alfre Woodard](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2845-alfre-woodard.webp)
Alfre Woodard
Katie
![David Zelag Goodman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/235316-david-zelag-goodman.webp)
David Zelag Goodman
Writer
![Leland Nolan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Leland Nolan
Producer
![Fred Covington](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fred Covington
Sheriff Bentley
![Chet Walker](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Chet Walker
Producer
![Chet Walker](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Chet Walker
Producer
![Sonny Shroyer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/30302-sonny-shroyer.webp)
Sonny Shroyer
Jason Hugar
![Ernest Dixon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ernest Dixon
Marion Jefferson
![Terry James](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Terry James
Composer
![Sylvia Kuumba Williams](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/55930-sylvia-kuumba-williams.webp)
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Louise Jefferson
![Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Composer
![Tom Delaney](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tom Delaney
Will Boone
![Charles Correll](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Charles Correll
Cinematographer
![George Folsey Jr.](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
George Folsey Jr.
Editor
![Ron Gural](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ron Gural
Frank Carlson
![Anne Goursaud](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/177951-anne-goursaud.webp)
Anne Goursaud
Editor
![William Allen Young](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/38906-william-allen-young.webp)
William Allen Young
Older Jeff Jackson
![Daniel A. Lomino](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Daniel A. Lomino
ProductionDesigner
![Tony Ross](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Tony Ross
Young Jeff Jackson
![Eric Washington](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eric Washington
Older Marcus Jackson
![Rodney King Adams](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rodney King Adams
Young Marcus Jackson
![Howard Brunner](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Howard Brunner
Lawyer Greene
![Howland Chamberlain](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/42267-howland-chamberlain.webp)
Howland Chamberlain
Isaac Went
![Georgia Allen](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Georgia Allen
Mrs. Carter
![James Bowman](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Bowman
1st White Trash Delegate
![Don Brady](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Don Brady
2nd White Trash Delegate
![Robert Bloodworth](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Robert Bloodworth
Major at Convention
![Barbara Chaney](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Barbara Chaney
Mrs. Ganfret
![Stuart Culpepper](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stuart Culpepper
Major Walsh
![Lionel Ferbis Jr.](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lionel Ferbis Jr.
Uncle Baddy
![Peter Gabb](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Peter Gabb
3rd White Trash Delegate
![Ian Graham](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ian Graham
Jimmy Lait
![Jerome Greene](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jerome Greene
Black Delegate
![Bill Holliday](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bill Holliday
Yankee Boss
![Don Hood](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/42230-don-hood.webp)
Don Hood
Gen. Ganfret
![Maurice Hunt](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Maurice Hunt
Dudley Carwell
![Don Lutenbacher](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Don Lutenbacher
Convention Speaker
![Ritchie Montgomery](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/29826-ritchie-montgomery.webp)
Ritchie Montgomery
Soldier
![Danny Nelson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/217969-danny-nelson.webp)
Danny Nelson
Auctioneer
![Afemo Omilami](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2038-afemo-omilami.webp)
Afemo Omilami
Young Black Man with Scars
![Courtney Pledger](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Courtney Pledger
Mrs. Dupre
![David Robbins](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
David Robbins
Wounded Redshirt
![Jeremiah Shabazz](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jeremiah Shabazz
Well-Dressed Black Delegate
![Gregory White](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/213670-gregory-white.webp)
Gregory White
Clair Willis
![Bob Zay](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bob Zay
Roger Dupre
![Tony Brubaker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/39988-tony-brubaker.webp)
Tony Brubaker
Stunt Double
![Zev Braun](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Zev Braun
Executive Producer
![Jocelyn A. Cotlon](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jocelyn A. Cotlon
Set Decoration
![Bill Webb](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bill Webb
Set Decoration
Media.
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Details.
Wiki.
Freedom Road was a 1979 American TV historical drama mini-series starring boxer Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson, based on the 1944 novel by Howard Fast and directed by Jan Kadar. Running for four hours, it was first broadcast on NBC on October 29 and 30, 1979.