Filmmakers
Above the lineGJ
Director
Gordon Parks Jr.
PF
Screenplay
Phillip Fenty
Writer
JS
Cinematography
James Signorelli
Director of Photography
BB
Editing
Bob Brady
Editor
CM
Music
Curtis Mayfield
Original Music Composer
NA
Costume Design
Nate Adams
Cast
36RO
Ron O'Neal
Priest
CL
Carl Lee
Eddie
SF
Sheila Frazier
Georgia
CM
Charles McGregor
Fat Freddie
JH
Julius Harris
Scatter
PN
Polly Niles
Cynthia
NA
Nate Adams
Dealer
YD
Yvonne Delaine
Mrs. Freddie
HS
Henry Shapiro
Robbery Victim
K
K.C.
Pimp
JR
James G. Richardson
Junkie
MB
Make Bray
Junkie
SS
Sig Shore
Deputy Commissioner
AK
Al Kiggins
Police
BB
Bob Bonds
Police
FO
Fred Ottaviano
Police
AS
Alex Stevens
Police
HM
Harry Manson
Police
FL
Floyd Levine
Police
CA
Chris Arnett
Coke Buyer
CA
Cecil Alonzo
Militant
GC
Gene Chambers
Militant
JW
John Williams
Militant
ER
E. Preston Reddick
Karate Instructor
LH
Lorraine Horn
Mother In Apartment
NS
Nick Sands
Contracted Man
BR
Bob Richards
Contracted Man
NM
Nita Michaels
Hooker
VM
Vicki McLaughlin
Hooker
CM
Curtis Mayfield
Self (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
HG
Henry Gibson
Self (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
LS
Lucky Scott
Self (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
CM
Craig McMullen
Self (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
TM
Tyrone McCullough
Self (The Curtis Mayfield Experience)
CC
Craig P. Campbell
Child in Apartment (uncredited)
AW
Alexander Williams-Green
Crew Member (archive footage) (uncredited)
Departments
15Production
- Irving StimlerAssociate Producer
- Sig ShoreProducer
Sound
- Harry LaphamSound
- Bob BradySound Effects Editor
- Jack CooleySound Re-Recording Mixer
Costume & Make-Up
- Walter FountainHairstylist
- Webster McKnightHairstylist
- James FarabeeMakeup Artist
Editing
- Eamon ConnollyAssistant Editor
Crew
- Erik CordStunt Coordinator
- Jesse WayneStunts
- Harry MadsenStunts
- Alex StevensStunts
Directing
- Kurt BakerAssistant Director
- Candace AllenSecond Assistant Director