The Long Walk Home (1990) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Richard Pearce.

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
• Cherene Snow as Claudia
• Chelcie Ross as Martin
• Dan Butler as Charlie
• Philip Sterling as Winston
• Schuyler Fisk as Judy (Girl at Oak Park)
• Nancy Moore Atchison as Anne (Girl at Oak Park)
• Haynes Brooke as Policeman at Oak Park
• Jim Aycock as Roger
• Rebecca Wackler as Lucille
• Charles Hubbard as Mr. Cooper
• Harriet Sumner as Mrs. Cooper
• Gleaves Azar as Grandma Thompson
• Jim Haffey as Bus Driver
• Stacy Fleming as Tall Boy
• Jefferson Taffet as Boy #2
• Jay Reed as Boy #3
• Afemo Omilami as Taxi Driver
• Debbie Hackett as Betsy
• Lynne Pickering as Laura Ann
• Fairley McDonald as Jeff Sewell
• Graham Timbes as Clyde Sellers
• Norman Matlock as Preacher
• Dorrell Dorsey as Woman in Church
• Bobby Howard as Clipboard Man
• Cynthia B. Wilson as Black Maid
• Dan Jenkins as Auburn Fan #1
• Katherine Conely as Mrs. Midgley
• Sherwood 'Ric' Pearson as George Millo
• Kevin Thigpen as Worker #1
• Everett McCorvey as Church Speaker

Crew

• Richard Pearce — Director
• John Cork — Writer
• Dave Bell — Producer
• Hawk Koch — Producer
• George Fenton — Original Music Composer
• Roger Deakins — Director of Photography

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