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76% Critic Match
The Long Walk Home
“A story of an incredible friendship.”
7.6 / 10• 1990• 1h 37m•PG• English
DramaHistory
Storyline
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin Luther King.
Cast & Crew
Sissy Spacek
Miriam Thompson
Lead
Whoopi Goldberg
Odessa Cotter
Dwight Schultz
Norman Thompson
Ving Rhames
Herbert Cotter
Dylan Baker
Tunker Thompson
Erika Alexander
Selma Cotter
Lexi Randall
Mary Catherine
RH
Richard Habersham
Theodore Cotter
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Pearce's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Long Walk Home is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
