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Shadrach
Released: September 23, 1998 (1998)
Runtime: 88 minutes
Genres: Drama
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery, and that land is owned by the large Dabney family, consisting of Vernon, Trixie and their seven children, and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of strict Virginia law.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Harvey Keitel as Vernon
Age at release: 59
- Martin Sheen as Narrator (voice)
Age at release: 58
- Darrell Larson as Father
Age at release: 47
- Deborah Hedwall as Mother
Age at release: 46
- Andie MacDowell as Trixie
Age at release: 40
- Scott Terra as Paul
Age at release: 11
- John Franklin Sawyer as Shadrach
Age at release: Unknown
- Ginnie Randall as Virginia
Age at release: Unknown
- Daniel Treat as Little Mole
Age at release: Unknown
- Jonathan Parks Jordan as Middle Mole
Age at release: Unknown
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- Richard K. Olsen as Seddon Washington
Age at release: 66
- Edward Bunker as Joe Thorton
Age at release: 64
- Muse Watson as Captain
Age at release: 50
- Erin Underwood as Lucinda
Age at release: Unknown
- Alice Rogers as Cloris
Age at release: Unknown
- Monica Hewes as Edmonia
Age at release: Unknown
- Michael Ruff as Smut
Age at release: Unknown
- Doug Chancey as Dock Worker
Age at release: Unknown
- Walter Hand as Preacher
Age at release: Unknown