The Long Walk Home

The Long Walk Home
Directed byRichard Pearce
Written byJohn Cork
Produced byHoward W. Koch Jr.
Dave Bell
Starring
Narrated byMary Steenburgen
CinematographyRoger Deakins
Edited byBill Yahraus
Music byGeorge Fenton
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release date
  • December 21, 1990 (1990-12-21)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[1]
Box office$4.8 million

The Long Walk Home is a 1990 American historical drama film starring Sissy Spacek and Whoopi Goldberg, and directed by Richard Pearce.

Set in Alabama, it is based on a screenplay about the Montgomery bus boycott (1955–1956) by John Cork and a short film by the same name, produced by students at the University of Southern California in 1988.