Attica

Attica

97 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | March 2, 1980

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.

Attica

97 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | March 2, 1980

Attica
Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers ABC Circle Films
Original title Attica
Directors Tom McCrory, Frank Tudisco, Marvin J. Chomsky
Writers James S. Henerson, Tom Wicker

Cast

Henry Darrow

as Herman Badillo

Charles Durning

as Commissioner Russell Oswald

Joel Fabiani

as Sen. Gordon Conners

Morgan Freeman

as Hap Richards

George Grizzard

as Tom Wicker

David Harris

as T.J.

Roger E. Mosley

as Frank Green

Arlen Dean Snyder

as Superintendent Vince Mancusi

Glynn Turman

as Raymond Franklin

Anthony Zerbe

as William Kunstler

Andrew Duncan

as Lt. John Driscoll

William Flatley

as Carl Dudley

Ron Foster

as Leon Clay

Noble Lee Lester

as Bobby Seale

Paul Lieber

as Art Silver

Michael Miller

as Ray McLaughlin

Earl Rowe

as Captain 'Pop' Cowan

Maurice Woods

as Shebani Lumumba

Kenneth Brooks

as Fraser

Tony Brubaker

as Crazy Man

Walker Edmiston

as Nelson Rockefeller (voice)

Lou Ferguson

as Weldon Lacy

Win Forman

as Man in Restaurant

Ed Gaines

as Johnson

Richard Gant

as Eddie Lewis

James Greene

as Harold Turner

Robert Jennings

as Capt. John Cole

Douglas Johnson

as Walter Dunbar

Richard Kuss

as Maj. MacKenzie

Steve Ryan

as Paul Michaels

Hank Salas

as Inmate

Mark Soper

as Gary Lyle

Justin Tarr

as Ernie Gordon

Simon Williams

as Ezra

Jerry Zaks

as Lenny Becker