Filmmakers
Above the lineJD
Director
Jules Dassin
JD
Screenplay
Jules Dassin
Writer
RD
Screenplay
Ruby Dee
Writer
JM
Screenplay
Julian Mayfield
Writer
BK
Cinematography
Boris Kaufman
Director of Photography
RL
Editing
Robert Lawrence
Editor
BJ
Music
Booker T. Jones
Original Music Composer
AT
Production Design
Alexandre Trauner
TA
Costume Design
Theoni V. Aldredge
Cast
34JM
Julian Mayfield
Tank Williams
RJ
Raymond St. Jacques
B.G.
RD
Ruby Dee
Laurie
FS
Frank Silvera
Kyle
RB
Roscoe Lee Browne
Clarence
JM
Janet MacLachlan
Jeannie
MJ
Max Julien
Johnny Wells
JM
Juanita Moore
Mama Wells
DW
Dick Anthony Williams
Corbin
MB
Michael Baseleon
Teddy
JW
John Wesley
Larry
JC
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Rick
KL
Ketty Lester
Alma
RD
Robert DoQui
Street Speaker
JM
James McEachin
Mello
KK
Kirk Kirksey
LJ
L. Errol Jaye
IC
Isabel Cooley
AC
Alice Childress
VK
Van Kirksey
DM
David Moody
MA
Mello Alexandria
VA
Vernett Allen
Ralph (uncredited)
LB
Leon Bibb
Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
LB
Lovyss Bradley
Society Woman at Arcade (uncredited)
AC
Anthony Chisholm
(uncredited)
WE
William Elliott
Revolutionary (uncredited)
JF
Joel Fluellen
Kyle's Associate (uncredited)
LJ
Leonard Jackson
Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
AO
Alan Oppenheimer
Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
LS
Lonny Stevens
(uncredited)
BW
Bill Walker
Bartender (uncredited)
MW
Marvin Walters
Policeman (uncredited)
JJ
Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Departments
25Production
- Jim Di GangiAssociate Producer
- Jules DassinProducer
- William W. GrayProduction Manager
- Cassius WeathersbyProduction Manager
- Andrew J. DurkusUnit Production Manager
Camera
- Alfred LebovitzCamera Operator
Sound
- Booker T. JonesConductor
- Earl RobinsonMusic Coordinator
- Terry KellumSound Recordist
- David ForrestSound Recordist
Art
- Phillip BennettArt Direction
- Joseph MussoProduction Illustrator
- Ray MoyerSet Decoration
- Ernest PhillipsStandby Painter
- John HubleyTitle Designer
- Faith HubleyTitle Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Jené BodellHairstylist
- Elizabeth SearcyHairstylist
- Robert SidellMakeup Artist
- Lambert MarksWardrobe Master
- Bernice PontrelliWardrobe Master
Crew
- Marvin WaltersStunts
Writing
- Liam O'FlahertyNovel
Directing
- Marty HornsteinAssistant Director
- Cleo AntonScript Supervisor