"An indifferent speech professor doing hack work in an urban college suddenly finds herself challenged by a ghetto youth with an intense desire to get a good education in this issue-oriented drama."
Jane Alexander
as Ginny Carlsen
Dennis Farina
as Fred Carlson
Estelle Parsons
as Clare Block
Michael Beach
as Calvin Jefferson
Wanda Christine
as Salina
James O'Reilly
as Win Lathrop
Pat Bowie
as Willa Joe McQueen
Kyra K. Kyles
as Georgia Jefferson
Betty Yee
as Kitty Shim
Lori Kathryn Holton
as Cinnamon
Louise Jenkins
as Mrs. Brewster
Jace Alexander
as Nick
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese
as Cathy Carlson
Terry Nemeroff
as Ray
Ebony Grisby
as Pumpkin
Marji Bank
as Mrs. Roth
Bob Breuler
as Paul
Alger Ellis
as Little 'T'
Leo Washington Jones II
as Kingpin
William De Seta
Production Design
Gus Trikonis
Director
Charles Gross
Music
Jack L. Richards
Director of Photography
William B. Fosser
Set Decoration
Eric Albertson
Editor
Shirley Lauro
Teleplay
Stevie Phillips
Executive Producer
Theatre Play
David Finamore
Thom Mount
Producer
Sean Albertson