Solomon Northup's Odyssey
6.8
6 Reviews
1991
1h 55min
A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.
Storyline
A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.
Released
21 September 1991
Runtime
1h 55min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
The Fremantle Corporation, Past America
Cast
Avery Brooks
Solomon Northup
Rhetta Greene
Jenny
Mason Adams
Ford
Emory Beasley
Alonzo
Kent Broadhurst
Bass
Lee Bryant
Mrs. Epps
Charles Darden
Robert
Tony Dreyspool
Senator Soule
Anthony Edenfield
Ned
Art Evans
Walton
J. Don Ferguson
Freeman
Ralph Flanders
Captain
Tanzia Franks
Elizabeth
Harry George
Sheriff
Ann Pearl Gray
Kelsey
Janet League
Eliza
Charles McGhee
Luke
Jay McMillan
Harry
Danny Nelson
Chapin
John D. Northup
Sherrill
Ralph Pace
Birch
Petronia Paley
Anne Northup
Randal Patrick
Sailor
J.C. Quinn
Tibeats
John Saxon
Epps
Gerhard Schwisow
Manning
Joe Seneca
Noah
Michael Tolan
Henry Northup
Willie Woods
Shad
David Keith Anderson
Alonzo (uncredited)
Don Devendorf
Plantation Owner (uncredited)
Robert Oliveri
Boy (uncredited)
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