"The story that shocked the country."
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family, which takes a turn for the worse when he accidentally kills the teenage daughter of the couple and then tries to cover it up.
Bigger Thomas

Jan

Mary Dalton

Peggy

Mrs. Thomas

Bessie

Mrs. Dalton

Mr. Dalton

Doc

Max

Gus

Buckley

Jack

Britton

Judge

White Man #4

Buddy

Bartender
Reporter #1

Reporter #2

Reporter #3

Reporter #4
White Man #3