Release Date

24 Mar, 1970

Runtime

03:05: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, MLK is followed through major steps in his struggle to promote racial equality. Including footage of King's stirring speeches, it is a fitting tribute to his legacy, and features clips narrated by a wide range of celebrities, including Harry Belafonte, Paul Newman Charlton Heston, Ruby Dee, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quinn, Walter Matthau, Ben Gazzara, Clarence Williams III, Joanne Woodward, and James Earl Jones.

Original Title

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

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Actors

Martin Luther King Jr.

Coretta Scott King

A.D. King

Dexter King

Yolanda King

Martin Luther King III

Bernice King

Ralph Abernathy

Joan Baez

James Baldwin

Harry Belafonte

Tony Bennett

Leonard Bernstein

Marlon Brando

H. Rap Brown

Kwame Ture

Diahann Carroll

Wilt Chamberlain

Xernona Clayton

Bull Connor

Bill Cosby

Crew

Wendell Franklin

Joe Dalisera

Al Gramaglia

Gary Leibman

James Perdue

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson

Jack Sholder

Lora Hays

John Carter

Sidney Lumet

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Ely A. Landau

Richard Kaplan

John Carter