

February 17, 1982
1h 30m
EN
Stan Lathan
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this failed and he and others were hanged. Set in Charleston in 1822.

Yaphet Kotto
Denmark Vessey

Ned Beatty
Benjamin Hammett

Antonio Fargas
Gullah Jack

Cleavon Little
Rolla


William Hauptman
2
Donald Moffat
Captain Vesey

Brock Peters
Morris Brown

James Bond III
Young Denmark

Rosalind Cash
Petronia

David Harris
Sandy Vessey

Mary Alice
Beck