Overview
John Newton was a troubled young man with a violent temper and a penchant for vulgarity that literally made his fellow sailors blush. Whipped for desertion and sold into slavery, it seemed his life would end early in a West African grave...until he was rescued by a ship captain sent by his father. Following a powerful conversion experience during a storm at sea, Newton would eventually become a pastor in the Church of England and the writer of several of the church's most beloved hymns, including "Amazing Grace".
Cast
John Newton
Aminata
Older Samuel Watson
Tribesman
Elizabeth Scatliffe Newton
Bar Wench
Captain Philip Carteret
Old John Newton
Young Samuel Watson
Mr. Chapman
Billy Prowse
Captain Phelps