A Woman Called Moses stars Cicely Tyson as real-life escaped slave Harriet Tubman. At the risk of recapture, Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad, which enabled hundreds of enslaved African Americans to make their way to the freedom of the North. Adding to the tension are Harriet's frequent epileptic fainting spells. Orson Welles narrates this adaptation of Marcy Heidish's novel.
Cicely Tyson
Harriet Ross Tubman
Will Geer
Thomas Garrett
Robert Hooks
William Still
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Jason Bernard
Daddy Ben Ross
John Getz
Stewart
James B. Sikking
McCracken
Clifford David
Doc Thompson
Mae Mercer
Aunt Juba
A Woman Called Moses stars Cicely Tyson as real-life escaped slave Harriet Tubman. At the risk of recapture, Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad, which enabled hundreds of enslaved African Americans to make their way to the freedom of the North. Adding to the tension are Harriet's frequent epileptic fainting spells. Orson Welles narrates this adaptation of Marcy Heidish's novel.
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