A conscientious but driven Polish refugee disrupts the hierarchy of power on a Georgia farm in the 1940s.

Irene Worth
Mrs. McIntyre

Shirley Stoler
Mrs. Shortley

Lane Smith
Mr. Shortley

John Houseman
Father Flynn

Robert Earl Jones
Astor

Samuel L. Jackson
Sulk
Noam Yerushalmi
Mr. Guizac
Carolyn L. Bloodworth
Mildred Brown
Brad Deal
Dina Herrington
Sledgewig
Deborah Lee Jones
Vickie Tooke

Henry Fonda
Self - Series Host (uncredited)