Overview

White abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in 1859 by seizing a U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Based on true events.

Top Cast

Roberts Blossom

Stevens

James Broderick

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Thomas A. Carlin

Ossie Davis

Dangerfield Newby

Robert Duvall

Earle Hyman

Tim O'Connor

James Mason

John Brown

Wesley Addy

Col. Lewis Washington

James Greene