The Long Walk Home

A story of an incredible friendship.

Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.

Drama History

Sissy Spacek

(Miriam Thompson)

Whoopi Goldberg

(Odessa Cotter)

Dwight Schultz

(Norman Thompson)

Ving Rhames

(Herbert Cotter)

Dylan Baker

(Tunker Thompson)

Erika Alexander

(Selma Cotter)

Lexi Randall

(Mary Catherine)

Richard Habersham

(Theodore Cotter)

Jason Weaver

(Franklin Cotter)

Crystal Robbins

(Sara Thompson)

Cherene Snow

(Claudia)

Chelcie Ross

(Martin)

Dan Butler

(Charlie)

Philip Sterling

(Winston)

Schuyler Fisk

(Judy (Girl at Oak Park))

Nancy Moore Atchison

(Anne (Girl at Oak Park))

Haynes Brooke

(Policeman at Oak Park)

Jim Aycock

(Roger)

Rebecca Wackler

(Lucille)

Charles Hubbard

(Mr. Cooper)

Harriet Sumner

(Mrs. Cooper)

Gleaves Azar

(Grandma Thompson)

Jim Haffey

(Bus Driver)

Stacy Fleming

(Tall Boy)

Jefferson Taffet

(Boy #2)

Jay Reed

(Boy #3)

Afemo Omilami

(Taxi Driver)

Debbie Hackett

(Betsy)

Lynne Pickering

(Laura Ann)

Fairley McDonald

(Jeff Sewell)

Graham Timbes

(Clyde Sellers)

Norman Matlock

(Preacher)

Dorrell Dorsey

(Woman in Church)

Bobby Howard

(Clipboard Man)

Cynthia B. Wilson

(Black Maid)

Dan Jenkins

(Auburn Fan #1)

Katherine Conely

(Mrs. Midgley)

Sherwood 'Ric' Pearson

(George Millo)

Kevin Thigpen

(Worker #1)

Everett McCorvey

(Church Speaker)

T. Clifford Bibb

(Choir Leader)

A. Bernard Sneed

(Organist)

David E. McCorvey

(Older Black Man)

Carl Stephens

(Newscaster)

Perry Carter

(Sammy Chancelor)

Henry Marcus Jr.

(Cliff)

Troy La Don Pate

(Party Guest)

Michael Sansom

(Angry Man (Eugene))

Dorothy Love Coates

(Lead Singer at Car Lot)

Christine Windham

(Singer #1 at Car Lot)

Gladys Bozwell

(Singer at Car Lot)

Betty Jean Washington

(Singer at Car Lot)

Minnie Stringer

(Singer at Car Lot)

Callie Graham

(Singer at Car Lot)

Lillian Luddington

(Singer at Car Lot)

Fidella Earls

(Singer at Car Lot)

Cynthia King

(Singer at Car Lot)

Mary Steenburgen

(Narrator (voice))