Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

The return to freedom won't be an easy path.

James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the border his true character emerges - he sells her into slavery. James and Elizabeth must go to Virginia to rescue their daughter.

Cast

Louis Gossett Jr.

James Mink

Kate Nelligan

Elizabeth Mink

Ruby Dee

Indigo

Peter Outerbridge

William Johnson

Michael Jai White

Elroy

Rachael Crawford

Mary Mink

Don Francks

Risser

Aron Tager

Conductor

J. Winston Carroll

Stage driver

Crew

Neil Smolar

Original Music Composer

Michael Storey

Director of Photography

Bryon White

Teleplay

Bryon White

Story

John Wierick

Teleplay

Bruce Pittman

Director

Brian Bird

Teleplay

Clips & Videos

Captive Heart TV movie promo starring Louis Gossett jr.