King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
24/03/1970
3h 5m
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.
Cast
Martin Luther King Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Coretta Scott King
Self (archive footage)
A.D. King
Self (archive footage)
Dexter King
Self (archive footage)
Yolanda King
Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King III
Self (archive footage)
Bernice King
Self (archive footage)
Ralph Abernathy
Self (archive footage)
Joan Baez
Self (archive footage)
James Baldwin
Self (archive footage)
Harry Belafonte
Self (archive footage)
Tony Bennett
Self (archive footage)
Leonard Bernstein
Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando
Self (archive footage)
H. Rap Brown
Self (archive footage)
Kwame Ture
Self (archive footage)
Diahann Carroll
Self (archive footage)
Wilt Chamberlain
Self (archive footage)
Xernona Clayton
Self (archive footage)
Bull Connor
Self (archive footage)
Bill Cosby
Self (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee
Self (archive footage)
James Garner
Self (archive footage)
Ben Gazzara
Self (archive footage)
Dick Gregory
Self (archive footage)
Al Hibbler
Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
Self (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Mahalia Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Gunnar Jahn
Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
Ethel Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Jacqueline Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Burt Lancaster
Self (archive footage)
John Lewis
Self (archive footage)
Elaine May
Self (archive footage)
Eugene McCarthy
Self (archive footage)
Robert Moseley
Self (archive footage)
Mike Nichols
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
John M. Patterson
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Perkins
Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier
Self (archive footage)
A. Philip Randolph
Self (archive footage)
Frederick Reese
Self (archive footage)
Nipsey Russell
Self (archive footage)
Bayard Rustin
Self (archive footage)
Anthony Quinn
Self (archive footage)
Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Self (archive footage)
Nina Simone
Self (archive footage)
Paul Stookey
Self (archive footage)
Mary Travers
Self (archive footage)
Leslie Uggams
Self (archive footage)
C.T. Vivian
Self (archive footage)
Clarence Williams III
Self (archive footage)
Paul Winfield
Self (archive footage)
Joanne Woodward
Self (archive footage)
Peter Yarrow
Self (archive footage)
Andrew Young
Self (archive footage)
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