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Cry Freedom

7.0 157 mins Drama   1987
Universal Pictures   Marble Arch Productions  
Director(s): Richard Attenborough

Release Date: 06 Fri, Nov 1987

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

Casts of Cry Freedom

Kevin Kline

as Donald Woods

Denzel Washington

as Steve Biko

Penelope Wilton

as Wendy Woods

Kate Hardie

as Jane Woods

John Matshikiza

as Mapetla

Zakes Mokae

as Father Kani

John Thaw

as Kruger

Kevin McNally

as Ken

John Hargreaves

as Bruce

Juanita Waterman

as Ntsiki Biko

Julian Glover

as Don Card

Josette Simon

as Dr Ramphele

Timothy West

as Capt. De Wet

Miles Anderson

as Lemick

Ian Richardson

as State Prosecutor

Andrew McCulloch

as Policeman Nel

Gerald Sim

as Police Doctor

Gary Whelan

as Guard

Glen Murphy

as Guard

Peter Cartwright

as Police Sergeant

Badi Uzzaman

as Mortician

Gwyneth Powell

as Girl at Funeral

Philip Bretherton

as Major Boshoff

Alec McCowen

as Acting High Comissioner

Joseph Marcell

as Moses

Judy Cornwell

as Receptionist

John Paul

as Wendy's Father

Gwen Watford

as Wendy's Mother

William Marlowe

as Police Sergeant

Paul Jerricho

as Sergeant Louw

Nick Tate

as Pilot

Andrew Whaley

as Sub-Editor

Shelley Borkum

as Woods' Receptionist

Albert Ndinda

as Alec

Evelyn Sithole

as Nurse at Clinic

Xoliswa Sithole

as Nurse at Clinic

James Coine

as Young Boy

Wabei Siyolwe

as Tenjy

Tony Vogel

as 2nd Roadblock Policeman

Michael Graham Cox

as 3rd Passport Control Officer

Hepburn Graham

as Soga

Graeme Taylor

as Dillon Woods

Sophie Mgcina

as Evalina

Jim Findley

as Peter Jones

Garrick Hagon

as McElrea

Adam Stuart Walker

as Duncan Woods

Hamish Stuart Walker

as Gavin Woods

Spring Stuart Walker

as Meg Woods

Patricia Gumede

as Shebeen Queen

Angela Gavaza

as Shebeen Queen's Niece

Nocebo Mlambo

as Aunt

Walter Matemavi

as Nephew

Clement Muchachi

as Father

Ruth Chinamando

as Mother

Basil Chidyamathamba

as Brother-in-Law

Marcy Mushore

as Niece

Alton Kumalo

as Speaker

Lawrence Simbarashe

as Informer

Carl Chase

as Policeman

William Morgan Sheppard

as Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)

Neil McPherson

as Lemick's Assistant

Claude Maredza

as 1st Rugby Player

Carlton Chance

as 2nd Rugby Player

Russell Keith Grant

as 2nd Security Guard

Munyaradzi Kanaventi

as Samora Biko

George Lovell

as Nkosinathi Biko

Graham Fletcher-Cook

as Nel's Partner

Karen Drury

as Young Secretary

Niven Boyd

as 1st Roadblock Policeman

Christopher Hurst

as 3rd Roadblock Policeman

Dudley Dickin

as Nationalist Party Delegate

David Trevena

as Mortician

Robert Phillips

as Speaker at Funeral

Fishoo Tembo

as Biko's Brother

Peggy Marsh

as Helen Suzman

Gwyneth Strong

as Girl at Funeral

Paul Herzberg

as Beukes

Robert MacNamara

as Security Policeman

Hans Sittig

as Security Policeman

Kimpton Mativenga

as Black Security Policeman

David Henry

as Afrikaner Farmer

Michael Turner

as Judge Boshoff

Mawa Makondo

as Jason

Kalie Hanekom

as Magistrate Prins

Star Ncube

as 1st Prisoner

David Guwaza

as 2nd Prisoner

Tommy Buson

as Tami

Hilary Minster

as 1st Passport Control Officer

James Aubrey

as 2nd Passport Control Officer

Peter Cary

as White Frontier Policeman

Dominic Kanaventi

as Black Frontier Policeman

Sam Mathambo

as Lesotho Passport Officer

Walter Muparutsa

as Lesotho Businessman

Louis Mahoney

as Lesotho Goverment Official

John Hartley

as 4th Passport Control Officer

Simon Shumba

as Young Lesotho Official

Marilyn Poole

as Acting High Commissioner's Wife

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