Grass Roots

This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Senate at the same time he is forced by a local judge to defend a young man in a murder trial. On top of this, he becomes the target of an assassin hired by a white-supremacist organization.

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Mel Harris

(Kate Rule)

Corbin Bernsen

(Will Lee)

Katherine Helmond

(Emma Carr)

Raymond Burr

(Judge Boggs)

Rod Taylor

(Gen. Willoughby)

John Glover

(Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross)

Claude Akins

(Sheriff Cox)

Reginald VelJohnson

(Det. Mickey Henderson)

James Wilder

(Jerry Lomax)

Herb Edelman

(Manny Pearl)

Henry Jones

(Sen. Ben Carr)

Cristi Conaway

(Charlene Joiner)

Joanna Cassidy

(Ann Heath)

Tim O'Connor

(Billy Lee)

Julian Holloway

(Elton Hunter)

Christopher Murray

(Jack Buchanan)

Carlyle King

(Suzy)

Tom Nowicki

(Tommy Newman)

Michael H. Moss

(Det. Sgt. Charlie Pittman)

Larry Black

(Gov. Mack Dean)

Donna Biscoe

(Lisa Conroy)

David Dwyer

(Deputy Bart)

C. Harrison Avery Jr.

(Roosevelt Watkins)

Tracy L. Scruggs

(Sarah Clark)

Fred Covington

(Police Captain)

Edith Ivey

(Mrs. Billy Lee)

Levi Lee

(Rev. Calhoun)

Charles Lawlor

(Dr. Albright)

Judson Vaughn

(Ernest Jenkins)

James Mayberry

(Frank)

Donzaleigh Abernathy

(Cora Mae Turner)

Melanie Ramsay

(TV Commentator)

Bruce Taylor

(FBI Agent)

Libby Whittemore

(Marla Scott)

Scott Hilley

(Auctioneer)

Lisa Nanette Allender

(Sylvie)

Rick Andosca

Karen Beyer

(Amy)

Haynes Brooke

(Rookie Cop)

Jerry Campbell

(Bartender)

Kathryn Firago

(Millie Buchanan)

Porter Fowler

(Announcer)

Chad Governale

(Deputy)

Geoff McKnight

(Police Sergeant)

Michael H. Moss

Ric Reitz

(Doctor)

Adrian Roberts

(Marty)

L. Sidney

(Police Officer)

Ron Clinton Smith

(Arresting Cop)

Jimmy Summers

(Court Bailiff)

Alex Van

(Bobby)

Jordan Williams

(Capitol Policeman)