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.
as Judge James Edwin Horton
as Sam Liebowitz
as Dist. Atty. Tom Knight
as Mrs. Horton
as Victoria Price
as Ruby Bates
as Haywood Patterson
as Joe Brodsky
as Andy Wright
as Lester Carter
as Dr. Lynch
as Gene Williams
as LeRoy Wright
as Ozie Powell
as Rossiter
as Clarence Norris
as Newlin Andrews
as Win Baker
as Charlie Weems
as Tyler
as Cpt. Burleson
as Pomeroy
as Allen
as Willie Roberson
as Orville Gilley
as Olen Montgomery
as Ramsey
as Lawyer Crony
as Noah
as Townsperson