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Cry Freedom
1987 | Richard Attenborough

Cry Freedom
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Year
1987
Runtime
2 hour 37 minutes (157 minutes)
Movie Total Grosses
United Kingdom
£2,267,965
North America
-
Global
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Select Cast
Josette Simon
Wabei Siyolwe
John Matshikiza
Juanita Waterman
Evelyn Sithole
Xoliswa Sithole
Directors
  1. Richard Attenborough
Starring
  1. Josette Simon
    Dr. Ramphele
  2. Wabei Siyolwe
    Tenjy
  3. John Matshikiza
    Mapetla
  4. Juanita Waterman
    Ntsiki Biko
  5. Evelyn Sithole
    Nurse at Clinic
  6. Xoliswa Sithole
    Nurse at Clinic
  7. James Coine
    Young Boy
  8. Kevin Kline
    Donald Woods
  9. Kevin McNally
    Ken
  10. Albert Ndinda
    Alec
  11. Andrew Whaley
    Sub-Editor
  12. Shelley Borkum
    Woods' Receptionist
  13. Denzel Washington
    Steve Biko
  14. Penelope Wilton
    Wendy Woods
  15. Kate Hardie
    Jane Woods
  16. Graeme Taylor
    Dillon Woods
  17. Adam Stuart Walker
    Duncan Woods
  18. Hamish Stuart Walker
    Gavin Woods
  19. Spring Stuart Walker
    Mary Woods
  20. Sophie Mgcina
    Evalina
  21. Jim Findley
    Peter Jones
  22. Patricia Gumede
    Shebeen Queen
  23. Angela Gavaza
    Shebeen Queen's Niece
  24. Nocebo Mlambo
    Aunt
  25. Walter Matemavi
    Nephew
  26. Clement Muchachi
    Father
  27. Ruth Chinamando
    Mother
  28. Basil Chidyamathamba
    Brother-in-Law
  29. Marcy Mushore
    Niece
  30. Alton Kumalo
    Speaker
  31. Lawrence Simbarashe
    Informer
  32. Timothy West
    Capt. De Wet
  33. Carl Chase
    Policeman
  34. William Morgan Sheppard
    Policeman
  35. Tichatonga Mazhindu
    Dilima
  36. Zakes Mokae
    Father Kani
  37. John Thaw
    Kruger
  38. Miles Anderson
    Lemick
  39. Neil McPherson
    Lemick's Assistant
  40. Hepburn Graham
    Soga
  41. Claude Maredza
    1st Rugby Player
  42. Carlton Chance
    2nd Rugby Player
  43. Glen Murphy
    1st Security Guard
  44. Russell Grant
    2nd Security Guard
  45. Munyaradzi Kanaventi
    Samora Biko
  46. George Lovell
    Nkosinathi Biko
  47. Andrew McCulloch
    Mel - Policeman
  48. Graham Fletcher-Cook
    Nel's Partner
  49. Karen Drury
    Young Secretary
  50. Niven Boyd
    1st Roadblock Policeman
  51. Tony Vogel
    2nd Roadblock Policeman
  52. Christopher Hurst
    3rd Roadblock Policeman
  53. Gerald Sim
    Police Doctor
  54. Peter Cartwright
    Senior Police Officer
  55. Gary Whelan
    Police Sergeant
  56. Dudley Dickin
    Nationalist Party Delegate
  57. David Trevena
    Mortician
  58. Badi Uzzaman
    Mortician's Assistant
  59. Robert Phillips
    Speaker at Funeral
  60. Fishoo Tembo
    Biko's Brother
  61. Peggy Marsh
    Helen Suzman
  62. Gwyneth Strong
    Girl at Funeral
  63. Julian Glover
    Don Card
  64. John Hargreaves
    Bruce
  65. Philip Bretherton
    Maj. Boshoff
  66. Paul Herzberg
    Beukes
  67. Robert MacNamara
    Security Policeman
  68. Hans Sittig
    Security Policeman
  69. Kimpton Mativenga
    Black Security Policeman
  70. David Henry
    Afrikaner Farmer
  71. Michael Turner
    Judge Boshoff
  72. Ian Richardson
    State Prosecutor
  73. Mawa Makondo
    Jason
  74. Kalie Hanekom
    Magistrate Prins
  75. Paul Jerricho
    Sgt. Louw
  76. Star Ncube
    1st Prisoner
  77. David Guwaza
    2nd Prisoner
  78. Tommy Buson
    Tami
  79. Joseph Marcell
    Moses
  80. Hilary Minster
    1st Passport Control Officer
  81. James Aubrey
    2nd Passport Control officer
  82. Peter Cary
    White Frontier Policeman
  83. Dominic Kanaventi
    Black Frontier Policeman
  84. Sam Mathambo
    Lesotho Passport Officer
  85. Walter Muparutsa
    Lesotho Businessman
  86. Judy Cornwell
    Receptionist
  87. Alec McCowen
    Acting High Commissioner
  88. Gwen Watford
    Wendy's Mother
  89. John Paul
    Wendy's Stepfather
  90. Louis Mahoney
    Lesotho Government Official
  91. Michael Graham Cox
    3rd Passport Control Officer
  92. John Hartley
    4th Passport Control Officer
  93. Simon Shumba
    Young Lesotho Official
  94. Garrick Hagon
    McElrea
  95. Nick Tate
    Richie
  96. Marilyn Poole
    Acting High Commissioner's Wife
  97. William Marlowe
    Police Captain at Soweto
  98. Leonard Boucher
  99. Emmanuel Chari
    Student
  100. Ian McNeice

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Highest Position
2
Highest Position
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Weeks on Top 15
11
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Weeks on Chart
11
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United Kingdom Chart Progress
£990,918
 27th Nov '87
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
£492,670
 4th Dec '87
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3
£272,471
 11th Dec '87
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
£318,155
 18th Dec '87
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2
£110,275
 25th Dec '87
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
£39,384
 1st Jan '88
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7
£21,207
 8th Jan '88
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
£11,361
 15th Jan '88
 
 
 
12
£5,302
 22nd Jan '88
 
 
 
 
11
£3,517
 29th Jan '88
 
 
 
 
11
£2,705
 5th Feb '88
 
 
 
 
 
10
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