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# Sounder (1972): cast and crew

30 cast and 22 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Cicely Tyson](https://film.one/person/cicely-tyson.md) as Rebecca Morgan
- [Paul Winfield](https://film.one/person/paul-winfield.md) as Nathan Lee Morgan
- [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md) as David Lee Morgan
- [Taj Mahal](https://film.one/person/taj-mahal.md) as Ike
- [Janet MacLachlan](https://film.one/person/janet-maclachlan.md) as Camille Johnson
- [Carmen Mathews](https://film.one/person/carmen-mathews.md) as Mrs. Boatwright
- [James Best](https://film.one/person/james-best.md) as Sheriff Charlie Young
- [Eric Hooks](https://film.one/person/eric-hooks.md) as Earl Morgan
- [Yvonne Jarrell](https://film.one/person/yvonne-jarrell.md) as Josie Mae Morgan
- [Sylvia Kuumba Williams](https://film.one/person/sylvia-kuumba-williams.md) as Harriet
- [Teddy Airhart](https://film.one/person/teddy-airhart.md) as Mr. Perkins
- [Richard Durham](https://film.one/person/richard-durham.md) as Perkins' Foreman
- Wendell Brumfield as Deputy #1
- Al Bankston as Deputy #2
- Myrl Sharkey as Teacher
- Inez Durham as Court Clerk
- William T. Bennett as Judge
- 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
- Swampy as Sounder (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Martin Ritt](https://film.one/person/martin-ritt.md): Director
- Charles Washburn: Second Assistant Director
- [Don Guest](https://film.one/person/don-guest.md): Assistant Director

## Writing

- William H. Armstrong: Novel
- [Lonne Elder III](https://film.one/person/lonne-elder-iii.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Robert B. Radnitz](https://film.one/person/robert-b-radnitz.md): Producer
- [Don Guest](https://film.one/person/don-guest.md): Production Manager
- Joe Scully: Casting

## Camera

- [John A. Alonzo](https://film.one/person/john-a-alonzo.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Sidney Levin](https://film.one/person/sidney-levin.md): Editor
- Michael A. Hoey: Additional Editing

## Sound and music

- [Taj Mahal](https://film.one/person/taj-mahal.md): Original Music Composer
- Tom Overton: Sound Mixer
- Dennis Jones: Boom Operator
- Robert Rogow: Boom Operator
- Jerry Rosenthal: Sound

## Art

- [Walter Scott Herndon](https://film.one/person/walter-scott-herndon.md): Production Design
- Peter Wooley: Assistant Art Director
- Robert Krume: Construction Coordinator
- Louis Donelan: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- Nedra Rosemond-Watt: Wardrobe Coordinator

## Crew

- Jerry Brutsche: Stunts

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