About Go Tell It on the Mountain
- Released on January 14, 1985
This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.
Full Cast of Go Tell It on the Mountain
Paul Winfield plays Gabriel Grimes
Was an American television, film, and stage actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who str...
See Paul Winfield's other roles →James Bond III plays John
Olivia Cole plays Elizabeth
Rodrick F. Wimberly plays Roy
Rosalind Cash plays Aunt Florence
Rose Weaver plays Mother Washington
Desiree Coleman plays Ella Mae
Giancarlo Esposito plays Elisha
Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito (born April 26, 1958) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Gu...
See Giancarlo Esposito's other roles →Linda Hopkins plays Sister McCandless
Douglas Turner Ward plays Rev. James
Ruby Dee plays Mrs. Grimes
Ving Rhames plays Young Gabriel
Irving Rameses Rhames (born May 12, 1959) is an American actor. He is known for his supporting roles as IMF Agent Lut...
See Ving Rhames's other roles →Joy A. Aaron plays Young Florence
CCH Pounder plays Deborah
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder (born December 25, 1952), known professionally as CCH Pounder, is a Guyanese-American...
See CCH Pounder's other roles →Alfre Woodard plays Esther
Kadeem Hardison plays Royal
Kadeem Hardison (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his role Dwayne Wayne on...
See Kadeem Hardison's other roles →Lou Walker plays Rev. Joshua
