The true story of the US Government's 1932 Tuskeegee Syphilis Experiments, in which a group of black test subjects were allowed to die, despite a cure having been developed.

Alfre Woodard
as Eunice Evers, R.N.

Laurence Fishburne
as Caleb Humphries

Craig Sheffer
as Dr. Douglas

Joe Morton
as Dr. Sam Brodus

Obba Babatundé
as Willie Johnson

Ossie Davis
as Mr. Evers

Peter Stelzer
as Senator

Donzaleigh Abernathy
as Nurse Betty

Robert Benedetti
as Senator

Von Coulter
as Hodman Bryan