Casts

• 

  Kevin Kline

  Donald Woods

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  Denzel Washington

  Steve Biko

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  Penelope Wilton

  Wendy Woods

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  Kate Hardie

  Jane Woods

• 

  John Matshikiza

  Mapetla

• 

  Zakes Mokae

  Father Kani

• 

  John Thaw

  Kruger

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  Kevin McNally

  Ken

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  John Hargreaves

  Bruce

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  Juanita Waterman

  Ntsiki Biko

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  Julian Glover

  Don Card

• 

  Josette Simon

  Dr Ramphele

• 

  Timothy West

  Capt. De Wet

• 

  Miles Anderson

  Lemick

• 

  Ian Richardson

  State Prosecutor

• 

  Andrew McCulloch

  Policeman Nel

• 

  Gerald Sim

  Police Doctor

• 

  Gary Whelan

  Guard

• 

  Glen Murphy

  Guard

• 

  Peter Cartwright

  Police Sergeant

• 

  Badi Uzzaman

  Mortician

• 

  Gwyneth Powell

  Girl at Funeral

• 

  Philip Bretherton

  Major Boshoff

• 

  Alec McCowen

  Acting High Comissioner

• 

  Joseph Marcell

  Moses

• 

  Judy Cornwell

  Receptionist

• 

  John Paul

  Wendy's Father

• 

  Gwen Watford

  Wendy's Mother

• 

  William Marlowe

  Police Sergeant

• Paul Jerricho

  Sergeant Louw

• 

  Nick Tate

  Pilot

• 

  Andrew Whaley

  Sub-Editor

• Shelley Borkum

  Woods' Receptionist

• Albert Ndinda

  Alec

• Evelyn Sithole

  Nurse at Clinic

• Xoliswa Sithole

  Nurse at Clinic

• James Coine

  Young Boy

• Wabei Siyolwe

  Tenjy

• 

  Tony Vogel

  2nd Roadblock Policeman

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  Michael Graham Cox

  3rd Passport Control Officer

• 

  Hepburn Graham

  Soga

• Graeme Taylor

  Dillon Woods

• Sophie Mgcina

  Evalina

• Jim Findley

  Peter Jones

• 

  Garrick Hagon

  McElrea

• Adam Stuart Walker

  Duncan Woods

• Hamish Stuart Walker

  Gavin Woods

• Spring Stuart Walker

  Meg Woods

• Patricia Gumede

  Shebeen Queen

• Angela Gavaza

  Shebeen Queen's Niece

• Nocebo Mlambo

  Aunt

• Walter Matemavi

  Nephew

• Clement Muchachi

  Father

• Ruth Chinamando

  Mother

• Basil Chidyamathamba

  Brother-in-Law

• Marcy Mushore

  Niece

• Alton Kumalo

  Speaker

• Lawrence Simbarashe

  Informer

• 

  Carl Chase

  Policeman

• 

  William Morgan Sheppard

  Policeman (as Morgan Sheppard)

• Tichatonga Mazhindu

  Dilima

• Neil McPherson

  Lemick's Assistant

• Claude Maredza

  1st Rugby Player

• Carlton Chance

  2nd Rugby Player

• Russell Keith Grant

  2nd Security Guard

• Munyaradzi Kanaventi

  Samora Biko

• George Lovell

  Nkosinathi Biko

• 

  Graham Fletcher-Cook

  Nel's Partner

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  Karen Drury

  Young Secretary

• Niven Boyd

  1st Roadblock Policeman

• Christopher Hurst

  3rd Roadblock Policeman

• Dudley Dickin

  Nationalist Party Delegate

• David Trevena

  Mortician

• 

  Robert Phillips

  Speaker at Funeral

• Fishoo Tembo

  Biko's Brother

• Peggy Marsh

  Helen Suzman

• 

  Gwyneth Strong

  Girl at Funeral

• 

  Paul Herzberg

  Beukes

• Robert MacNamara

  Security Policeman

• Hans Sittig

  Security Policeman

• Kimpton Mativenga

  Black Security Policeman

• David Henry

  Afrikaner Farmer

• Michael Turner

  Judge Boshoff

• Mawa Makondo

  Jason

• Kalie Hanekom

  Magistrate Prins

• Star Ncube

  1st Prisoner

• David Guwaza

  2nd Prisoner

• Tommy Buson

  Tami

• Hilary Minster

  1st Passport Control Officer

• 

  James Aubrey

  2nd Passport Control Officer

• Peter Cary

  White Frontier Policeman

• Dominic Kanaventi

  Black Frontier Policeman

• Sam Mathambo

  Lesotho Passport Officer

• Walter Muparutsa

  Lesotho Businessman

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  Louis Mahoney

  Lesotho Goverment Official

• John Hartley

  4th Passport Control Officer

• Simon Shumba

  Young Lesotho Official

• Marilyn Poole

  Acting High Commissioner's Wife