Filmmakers
Above the lineCB
Director
Charles Burnett
JJ
Screenplay
John Eddie Johnson
NW
Screenplay
Ned Welsh
CB
Screenplay
Charles Burnett
Writer
ED
Cinematography
Elliot Davis
Director of Photography
CC
Editing
Curtiss Clayton
Editor
ST
Music
Stephen James Taylor
Original Music Composer
PB
Production Design
Penny Barrett
GS
Costume Design
Gaye Shannon-Burnett
Cast
22MB
Michael Boatman
Dep. J.J. Johnson
LP
Lori Petty
Dep. Deborah Fields
IC
Ice Cube
Theodore 'Teddy' Woods
EA
Erich Anderson
D.A. Ira Kern
BC
Bernie Casey
James Locket
RA
Richard Anderson
Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
EG
Elliott Gould
Greenspan
VD
Victoria Dillard
Barbara Simms
MI
Michael Ironside
Det. Gene Baker
NN
Natalija Nogulich
Judge Helen Lewis
WJ
Wanda De Jesus
Carmen Munoz
MG
Michael Gregory
Dep. Roy Bush
DH
Don Harvey
Dep. Jack Bono
EB
Ernie Lee Banks
Mr. Woods
MW
M. Emmet Walsh
Det. Jesse Hall
TB
Thomas Babson
U.S. Marshall
MB
Monty Bane
Coroner
JM
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Assistant D.A.
SR
Sy Richardson
Mr. Taylor
LC
Linden Chiles
Sergeant Berry Foster
TH
Tommy Redmond Hicks
Reverend Banks
JW
Joseph Walsh
Councilman Ross
Departments
11Production
- Michael D. AglionAssociate Producer
- Robert A. MerrillAssociate Producer
- Monica SwannCasting
- Patrick PeachCo-Producer
- Chet WalkerExecutive Producer
- Thomas S. ByrnesProducer
- Carolyn SchroederProducer
Sound
- Armen KsajikianMusician
Art
- Joel CarterArt Direction
- Lisa BoutillierSet Decoration
Crew
- Dennis MadaloneStunts