Kent State

Dramatization of the four days of events leading up to the historic tragedy at Kent State University in May 1970, during the confrontation between National Guardsmen and students staging antiwar demonstrations.

Cast

Talia Balsam

as Sandy Scheuer

Keith Gordon

as Jeff Miller

Jeff McCracken

as Bill Schroeder

John Getz

as Prof. Ted Arnold

Shepperd Strudwick

as Prof. Warren

Michael Horton

as Cody

Roxanne Hart

as Jean Arnold

Charley Lang

as Barry Levine

Steve Beauchamp

as Scooter

David Marshall Grant

as Tom

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