

16/08/2013
O jovem Eugene Allen vê seu pai ser morto sem piedade por Thomas Westfall, após estuprar a mãe do garoto. Percebendo o desespero do jovem e a gravidade do ato do filho, Annabeth Westfall decide transformá-lo em um criado de casa, ensinando-lhe boas maneiras e como servir os convidados. Eugene cresce e passa a trabalhar em um hotel ao deixar a fazenda onde cresceu. Sua vida dá uma grande guinada quando tem a oportunidade de trabalhar na Casa Branca, servindo o presidente do país, políticos e convidados que vão ao local. Entretanto, as exigências do trabalho causam problemas com Gloria, a esposa de Eugene, e também com seu filho Louis, que não aceita a passividade do pai diante dos maus tratos recebidos pelos negros nos Estados Unidos. Baseado em uma incrível história real.

Forest Whitaker
as Cecil Gaines

Oprah Winfrey
as Gloria Gaines

David Oyelowo
as Louis Gaines

John Cusack
as Richard Nixon

Jane Fonda
as Nancy Reagan

Cuba Gooding Jr.
as Carter Wilson

Mariah Carey
as Hattie Pearl

Terrence Howard
as Howard

Lenny Kravitz
as James Holloway

Aml Ameen
as Cecil Gaines (15)

Michael Rainey Jr.
as Cecil Gaines (8)

James Marsden
as John F. Kennedy

Alex Pettyfer
as Thomas Westfall

Vanessa Redgrave
as Annabeth Westfall

Alan Rickman
as Ronald Reagan

Liev Schreiber
as Lyndon B. Johnson

Robin Williams
as Dwight Eisenhower

Yaya DaCosta
as Carol Hammie

David Banner
as Earl Gaines

Colman Domingo
as Freddie Fallows

Nelsan Ellis
as Martin Luther King Jr.

Nealla Gordon
as Senator Kassebaum

Elijah Kelley
as Charlie Gaines (15-18)

Minka Kelly
as Jackie Kennedy

Adriane Lenox
as Gina

Mo McRae
as Eldridge Huggins

Pernell Walker
as Lorraine

Jesse Williams
as Rev. James Lawson

Clarence Williams III
as Maynard

LaJessie Smith
as Abraham

John P. Fertitta
as Mr. Jenkins

Jim Gleason
as R.D. Warner

Isaac White
as Charlie Gaines (10)

Joe Chrest
as White Usher

Tyson Ford
as Elroy

James DuMont
as Sherman Adams

Robert Aberdeen
as Herbert Brownell

Olivia Washington
as Olivia

Margaret M. Owens
as Woolworth Diner Patron #1

Eric Ducote
as Woolworth Diner Patron #2

Chloe Barach
as Caroline Kennedy

Danny Strong
as Freedom Bus Journalist

Clara Hopkins Daniels
as Freedom Bus Rider

Dana Gourrier
as Helen Holloway

Shirley Pugh
as Malcolm X Goer

Bill Newman
as Pastor

Colin Walker
as John Ehrlichman

Alex Manette
as Bob Haldeman

Rusty Robertson
as Senator Robertson

Stephen Rider
as Admiral Rochon

Tarra Riggs
as Sophie Wilson (uncredited)

Xosha Roquemore
as Foxy (uncredited)
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