During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the organized labor movement.
as Frank Custer
as Mattie
as Supervisor
as Thomas Joshua
as Heavy Williams
as Bremer
as Lilah Dean
as Emma
as Meyer
as Woman in Bar
as Judge Alschuler
as John Kikulski
as Joe Hodges
as John Spriggs
as Frank Custer Jr.
as James Cheeks
as Dennis Lane
as Policeman
as Thomas Condon
as Jack Johnstone
as John Fitzpatrick
as Secretary of Labor
as Lonnie
as Michalina Michora
as Dewitt Washington
as Nelson Morris
as Jimmy O'Rourke
as Michora
as Hysterical Woman
as Robert Bedford
as Mrs. Bethea
as Army Man
as Dock Security Guard (uncredited)
as Neighborhood Tough (uncredited)
as Mother (uncredited)