"A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition."
Hari Rhodes
as Rev. Will Douglas
Beah Richards
as Grandma Bessie
Lynn Hamilton
as Sarah Douglas
George Spell
as Joey Douglas
Robert DoQui
as George Briggs (as Robert Do Qui)
Joel Fluellen
as Arthur Rogers
Juanita Moore
as Fannie Mitchell
Clarence Muse
as Donald Freeland
Sarina C. Grant
as Marge Fuller
Maidie Norman
as Jennie Daley
Ta-Ronce Allen
as Emmarine Douglas (as Taronce Allen)
Bebe Redcross
as Becky Douglas
Marlon Adams
as Bradley Douglas
Dennis Hines
as Cotter
Zara Cully
as Beth Rogers
Frances E. Williams
as Cassie Thomas
DeForest Covan
as Charlie Pritchard (uncredited)
Sam Laws
as Junkman (uncredited)
Dorothy Meyer
as Cousin Clara (uncredited)
Eddie Smith
as Shoeshine Patron (uncredited)
Wonderful Smith
as Department Store Owner (uncredited)
Max Hodge
Teleplay
Anthony Wollner
Editor
Hoyt Bowers
Casting
Perry Ferguson II
Production Design
Bill Green
Unit Production Manager
Ralph Senensky
Director
Lee Rich
Executive Producer
Earl Hamner, Jr.
Story
John McGreevey
Gene Fowler Jr.
William Reynolds
Makeup Artist
James Cane
Set Decoration
Lola Kemp
Hairstylist
First Assistant Director
Walter Coblenz
Producer
David Rose
Music
Art Direction
Neil T. Maffeo
Associate Producer
Patricia Norris
Costume Design
Bill Mosher
Frank V. Phillips
Director of Photography