The Long Walk Home (1990)

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A story of an incredible friendship.

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.

• Released: 1990-12-21
• Genres: Drama, History
• Runtime: 1h 37m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 164 votes

Directed by Richard Pearce.

Top cast

• Sissy Spacek as Miriam Thompson
• Whoopi Goldberg as Odessa Cotter
• Dwight Schultz as Norman Thompson
• Ving Rhames as Herbert Cotter
• Dylan Baker as Tunker Thompson
• Erika Alexander as Selma Cotter
• Lexi Randall as Mary Catherine
• Richard Habersham as Theodore Cotter
• Jason Weaver as Franklin Cotter
• Crystal Robbins as Sara Thompson

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Long Walk Home

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Howdy Amazon Channel; watch free on The CW, Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, YouTube Free, Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Xumo Play, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Plex, Pluto TV, Amazon MX Player; buy on Amazon Video
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Crave, Tubi TV, Plex, Pluto TV
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV, Plex; rent on Amazon Video; buy on Amazon Video

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