King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Photo of Martin Luther King Jr. behind bars in a Florida jail. The caption reads: "One night only. March 24th 1970, 8 P.M. Tickets $5.00, tax deductible. All proceeds to The Martin Luther King, Jr. Special Fund."
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySidney Lumet
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Produced byEly Landau[1]
Narrated byHarry Belafonte
Ruby Dee
Ben Gazzara
Charlton Heston
James Earl Jones
Burt Lancaster
Paul Newman
Anthony Quinn
Clarence Williams III
Joanne Woodward
Edited byLora Hayes
John N. Carter
Music byColeridge-Taylor Perkinson
Production
company
Distributed byMartin Luther King Film Project
Release date
  • March 24, 1970 (1970-03-24)
Running time
185 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis is a 1970 American documentary film biography of Martin Luther King Jr. and his creation and leadership of the nonviolent campaign for civil rights and social and economic justice in the Civil Rights Movement.[2]

  1. ^ Documentary Winners: 1971 Oscars
  2. ^ Greenspun, Roger (March 24, 1970). "Movie Review: King A Filmed Record Montgomery to Memphis (1970) Screen: The Pilgrimage of Martin Luther King Jr". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 February 2013.