"Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South."
Jim Brown
as Jimmy Price
George Kennedy
as John Little
Fredric March
as Mayor Jeff Parks
Lynn Carlin
as Julia Little
Don Stroud
as Bengy Springer
Janet MacLachlan
as Mary Price
Richard Elkins
as Bradford Wilkes
Clifton James
as D.J. Rankin
Robert Random
as John Braddock
Mills Watson
as Joe Warren
Bernie Casey
as George Harley
Dub Taylor
as Junior
Anthony James
as H.C. Tolbert
Ernest Anderson
as Homer
Karl Swenson
as Frank Braddock Sr.
Barry Cahill
as Bob Braddock
Anne Whitfield
as Mrs. Dawes
Bill Walker
as John Sawyer
Dan Frazer
as Ira Jackson
Leonard O. Smith
as Fred Price
Renny Rooker
as Shoeshine Boy
Roy Glenn
as The Drunk
George Cisar
as Joe - Barber
Paulene Myers
as Mrs. Harley
Dino Washington
as Randy Harley
Calvin Brown
as Harrison Harley
Beverly Taylor
as Sara Jean
Almira Sessions
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Ralph Nelson
as New York driver caught in speed trap (uncredited)
Stunts
James Lee Barrett
Producer
Jerry Styner
Original Music Composer
Director
Alex Beaton
Editor
William S. Gilmore
Screenplay
Evelyn Coffey
Hairstylist
William Tuttle
Makeup Artist
Franklin Milton
Recording Supervision
Michael S. Glick
Assistant Director
Loyal Griggs
Director of Photography
George W. Davis
Art Direction
Robert R. Benton
Set Decoration
Don Greenwood Jr.
Unit Production Manager
William Glasgow
Leonard Murphy
Casting