Sounder
The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-era South after his father is imprisoned for stealing food.
Cicely Tyson
Rebecca Morgan
Paul Winfield
Nathan Lee Morgan
Kevin Hooks
David Lee Morgan
Taj Mahal
Ike
Janet MacLachlan
Camille Johnson
Carmen Mathews
Mrs. Boatwright
James Best
Sheriff Charlie Young
Eric Hooks
Earl Morgan
Yvonne Jarrell
Josie Mae Morgan
Sylvia Kuumba Williams
Harriet
Teddy Airhart
Mr. Perkins
Richard Durham
Perkins' Foreman
Wendell Brumfield
Deputy #1
Al Bankston
Deputy #2
Myrl Sharkey
Teacher
Inez Durham
Court Clerk
William T. Bennett
Judge
Thomas N. Phillips
Pastor
Carl Braser
Wagon Driver
Jerry Leggio
Guard #1
Peter Goff
Guard #2
Walter L. Chaney
Guard #3
Roy Idom
Guard #4
Randy Wilson
Convict #1
Isaac Greggs
Convict #2
Jackie Spears
Girl #1
Porter Mathews
Boy #1
Timothy Smith
Boy #2
Spencer Bradford
Clarence
Swampy
Sounder (uncredited)
Martin Ritt
Director
Lonne Elder III
Screenplay
William H. Armstrong
Novel
John A. Alonzo
Director of Photography
Robert B. Radnitz
Producer
Taj Mahal
Original Music Composer
Sidney Levin
Editor
Walter Scott Herndon
Production Design
Tom Overton
Sound Mixer
Dennis Jones
Boom Operator
Michael A. Hoey
Additional Editing
Joe Scully
Casting
Don Guest
Production Manager
Don Guest
Assistant Director
Charles Washburn
Second Assistant Director
Jerry Rosenthal
Sound
Robert Rogow
Boom Operator
Jerry Brutsche
Stunts
Louis Donelan
Property Master
Robert Krume
Construction Coordinator
Peter Wooley
Assistant Art Director
Nedra Rosemond-Watt
Wardrobe Coordinator