Sounder

Sounder

105 mins | Drama, Family | Sept. 24, 1972

The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.

Sounder

105 mins | Drama, Family | Sept. 24, 1972

Sounder
The Morgans, a loving and strong family of Black sharecroppers in Louisiana in 1933, face a serious family crisis when the husband and father, Nathan Lee Morgan, is convicted of a petty crime and sent to a prison camp. After some weeks or months, the wife and mother, Rebecca Morgan, sends the oldest son, who is about 11 years old, to visit his father at the camp. The trip becomes something of an odyssey for the boy. During the journey he stays a little while with a dedicated Black schoolteacher.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers 20th Century Fox, Radnitz/Mattel Productions
Original title Sounder
Directors Martin Ritt
Writers William H. Armstrong, Lonne Elder III

Cast

Cicely Tyson

as Rebecca Morgan

Paul Winfield

as Nathan Lee Morgan

Kevin Hooks

as David Lee Morgan

Carmen Mathews

as Mrs. Rita Boatwright

Taj Mahal

as Ike

James Best

as Sheriff Charlie Young

Eric Hooks

as Earl Morgan

Yvonne Jarrell

as Josie Mae Morgan

Teddy Airhart

as Mr. Perkins

Richard Durham

as Perkins' Foreman

Wendell Brumfield

as Deputy #1

Al Bankston

as Deputy #2

Myrl Sharkey

as Teacher

Inez Durham

as Court Clerk

Thomas N. Phillips

as Pastor

Carl Braser

as Wagon Driver

Jerry Leggio

as Guard #1

Peter Goff

as Guard #2

Walter L. Chaney

as Guard #3

Roy Idom

as Guard #4

Randy Wilson

as Convict #1

Isaac Greggs

as Convict #2

Jackie Spears

as Girl #1

Porter Mathews

as Boy #1

Timothy Smith

as Boy #2

Spencer Bradford

as Clarence

Janet MacLachlan

as Camille Johnson

Swampy

as Sounder (uncredited)