In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe that the boys are innocent and, against all advice from his friends and family, sets them free, which turns the entire community against him.
Judge James Edwin Horton
Sam Liebowitz
Dist. Atty. Tom Knight
Mrs. Horton
Victoria Price
Ruby Bates
Haywood Patterson
Joe Brodsky
Andy Wright
Lester Carter
Dr. Lynch
Gene Williams
LeRoy Wright
Ozie Powell
Rossiter
Clarence Norris
Newlin Andrews
Win Baker
Charlie Weems
Tyler
Cpt. Burleson
Pomeroy
Allen
Willie Roberson
Orville Gilley
Olen Montgomery
Ramsey
Lawyer Crony
Noah
Townsperson
