"Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War."
Henry Darrow
as Herman Badillo
Charles Durning
as Commissioner Russell Oswald
Joel Fabiani
as Sen. Gordon Conners
Morgan Freeman
as Hap Richards
George Grizzard
as Tom Wicker
David Harris
as T.J.
Roger E. Mosley
as Frank Green
Arlen Dean Snyder
as Superintendent Vince Mancusi
Glynn Turman
as Raymond Franklin
Anthony Zerbe
as William Kunstler
Andrew Duncan
as Lt. John Driscoll
William Flatley
as Carl Dudley
Ron Foster
as Leon Clay
Noble Lee Lester
as Bobby Seale
Paul Lieber
as Art Silver
Michael Miller
as Ray McLaughlin
Earl Rowe
as Captain 'Pop' Cowan
Maurice Woods
as Shebani Lumumba
Kenneth Brooks
as Fraser
Tony Brubaker
as Crazy Man
Walker Edmiston
as Nelson Rockefeller (voice)
Lou Ferguson
as Weldon Lacy
Win Forman
as Man in Restaurant
Ed Gaines
as Johnson
Richard Gant
as Eddie Lewis
James Greene
as Harold Turner
Robert Jennings
as Capt. John Cole
Douglas Johnson
as Walter Dunbar
Richard Kuss
as Maj. MacKenzie
Steve Ryan
as Paul Michaels
Hank Salas
as Inmate
Mark Soper
as Gary Lyle
Justin Tarr
as Ernie Gordon
Simon Williams
as Ezra
Jerry Zaks
as Lenny Becker
Marvin J. Chomsky
Director
William M. Bell
Construction Coordinator
Michael Cassidy
Stunt Coordinator
Gil Mellé
Original Music Composer
Louis Rudolph
Producer
Hank McCann
Casting
Donald W. Ernst
Music Editor
Frank Tudisco
Script Supervisor
Paul LaMastra
Editor
Peter Harrison
Sound Editor
John S. Perry
Costume Supervisor
Fred Judkins
Russ Tinsley
Donald H. Birnkrant
Director of Photography
James Cane
Set Decoration
Andrew Herbert
Tom McCrory
First Assistant Director
Tracy Bousman
Art Direction
Bob Westmoreland
Makeup Artist
Tom Cornwell
Owen Marsh
Camera Operator
James S. Henerson
Writer
Linda Dove
Michael P. Redbourn
Stunts
Tom Wicker
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