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Solomon Northup's Odyssey

6.2 117 mins Drama   History   TV Movie   1984
The Fremantle Corporation   Past America   PBS  
Director(s): Gordon Parks

This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born free man who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a free man. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.

Casts of Solomon Northup's Odyssey

Avery Brooks

as Solomon Northup

Rhetta Greene

as Jenny

Mason Adams

as Ford

Emory Beasley

as Alonzo

Kent Broadhurst

as Bass

Lee Bryant

as Mrs. Epps

Charles Darden

as Robert

Tony Dreyspool

as Senator Soule

Art Evans

as Walton

J. Don Ferguson

as Freeman

Ralph Flanders

as Captain

Tanzia Franks

as Elizabeth

Harry George

as Sheriff

Ann Pearl Gray

as Kelsey

Janet League

as Eliza

Charles McGhee

as Luke

Jay McMillan

as Harry

Danny Nelson

as Chapin

John D. Northup

as Sherrill

Ralph Pace

as Birch

Petronia Paley

as Anne Northup

Randal Patrick

as Sailor

J.C. Quinn

as Tibeats

John Saxon

as Epps

Gerhard Schwisow

as Manning

Joe Seneca

as Noah

Michael Tolan

as Henry Northup

Willie Woods

as Shad

David Keith Anderson

as Alonzo (uncredited)

Don Devendorf

as Plantation Owner (uncredited)

Robert Oliveri

as Boy (uncredited)

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