Filmmakers
Above the lineMP
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
MP
Screenplay
Melvin Van Peebles
RM
Cinematography
Robert Maxwell
Director of Photography
MP
Editing
Melvin Van Peebles
Editor
MP
Music
Melvin Van Peebles
Original Music Composer
Cast
15MP
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
SC
Simon Chuckster
Beetle
MP
Mario Van Peebles
Young Sweetback
JD
John Dullaghan
Commissioner
JA
John Amos
Biker
LR
Lavelle Roby
RH
Rhetta Hughes
Old Girlfriend
NF
Norman Fields
JT
Joe Tornatore
MA
Mikel Angel
WK
William Kirschner
VB
Vincent Barbi
CN
Chesley Noone
CM
Curt Matson
Actor
WG
Wesley Gale
(as West Gale)
Departments
20Production
- Melvin Van PeeblesProducer
- Jerry GrossProducer
- Priscilla WattsProduction Assistant
- Winfred TennisonProduction Assistant
- Skip KarnasProduction Assistant
- Chic BorlandProduction Assistant
- Clyde HoustonProduction Manager
Camera
- Jose GarciaCamera Operator
- Robert MaxwellCamera Operator
Sound
- Maurice WhiteOrchestrator
- Philip BaileyOrchestrator
- Verdine WhiteOrchestrator
- Clark WillSound
- Luke WolframSound Editor
- John H. NewmanSound Editor
Costume & Make-Up
- Nora MaxwellMakeup Supervisor
Editing
- Jeremy HoenackAssistant Editor
Crew
- Cliff WengerSpecial Effects
Directing
- Clyde HoustonAssistant Director
- Jose GarciaSecond Unit Director