Uncle Tom's Cabin is a 1987 American made-for-television drama film directed by Stan Lathan, and starring Avery Brooks, Bruce Dern, Phylicia Rashad and Edward Woodward. It is based on the 1852 novel of the same name by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Producer Edgar Scherick there was opposition to filming the novel from some black groups until the NAACP spoke up in favor of it. "We made it for little money in Mississippi in terrible heat."
Cast Avery Brooks as Uncle Tom Kate Burton as Ophelia Bruce Dern as Augustine St. Claire Paula Kelly as Cassy Phylicia Rashad as Eliza Edward Woodward as Simon Legree George Coe as Mr. Shelby Frank Converse as Trader Jenny Lewis as Evangeline "Little Eva" St. Claire Troy Beyer as Emmeline Samuel L. Jackson as George Rhashell Hunter as Jenny Irma P. Hall as Mammy Jerry Haynes as Dr. Phillips Robert Graham as Elias Bill Bolender as Trader
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