Movie: A Lesson Before Dying

Top 10 Billed Cast

Don Cheadle
Don Cheadle

Grant Wiggins

Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson

Tante Lou

Mekhi Phifer
Mekhi Phifer

Jefferson

Irma P. Hall
Irma P. Hall

Miss Emma

Brent Jennings
Brent Jennings

Reverend Ambrose

Lisa Arrindell
Lisa Arrindell

Vivian Baptiste

Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey

Edna Guidry

Frank Hoyt Taylor
Frank Hoyt Taylor

Sheriff Guidry

Stuart Culpepper
Stuart Culpepper

Henri Pichot

Von Coulter
Von Coulter

Farrell Jarreau

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