Filmmakers
Above the lineMC
Director
Michael Campus
RP
Screenplay
Robert J. Poole
Writer
RW
Cinematography
Ralph Woolsey
Director of Photography
FD
Editing
Frank C. Decot
Editor
WH
Music
Willie Hutch
Original Music Composer
Cast
32MJ
Max Julien
Goldie
DG
Don Gordon
Hank
RP
Richard Pryor
Slim
CS
Carol Speed
Lulu
GM
George Murdock
Fatman
DW
Dick Anthony Williams
Pretty Tony
TT
Terrible Tom
Himself
TW
Ted Ward
Himself
FW
Frank Ward
Himself
RM
Roger E. Mosley
Olinga
JM
Juanita Moore
Mother
WW
William Watson
Jed
PH
Paul Harris
Blind Man
KH
Kai Hernandez
Chico
AC
Annazette Chase
China Doll
JJ
Junero Jennings
Baltimore Bob
LD
Lee Duncan
Sgt. Duncan
SG
Stu Gilliam
Announcer
SB
Sandra Brown
Diane
CB
Christopher Brooks
Jesus Christ
FF
Fritz Ford
Desk Sgt.
JV
John Allen Vick
Hotel Trick
NM
Norma McClure
Big Woman
DM
David Mauro
Laughing David
AV
Allen Van
Body Guard
WR
Willie Redman
Body Guard
RT
Roosevelt Taylor
Himself
AW
Andrew Ward
Himself
WW
Willie Ward
Himself
JP
Jay Payton
Himself
BB
Bill Barnes
Himself
JF
John Foster
Himself
Departments
8Production
- R. Hansel BrownAssociate Producer
- Marvin PaigeCasting
- Harvey BernhardProducer
- Bert GoldProduction Manager
Sound
- Bud AlperSound Mixer
Costume & Make-Up
- Lynn Del KailHairstylist
- Thomas TuttleMakeup Artist
Crew
- Roger GeorgeSpecial Effects