During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a popular segregationist.
| Production | Abby Mann | Executive Producer |
| Editing | John F. Link | Editor |
| Art | Herman F. Zimmerman | Art Direction |
| Directing | Jerrold Freedman | Director |
| Camera | Tak Fujimoto | Director of Photography |
| Production | Mary Goldberg | Casting |
| Production | Harry R. Sherman | Producer |
| Production | Roger Gimbel | Producer |
| Sound | Fred Karlin | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Jerrold Freedman | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Garver | Makeup Artist |
