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The Long Walk Home (1990)
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.
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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.
Rating:PG
Genre:Drama, History
Written By:John Cork
In Theaters:12/21/1990
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Runtime:97 minutes
Studio:Dave Bell Associates, New Visions Pictures
Cast
Richard Pearce
Director
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
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