Filmmakers
Above the lineSP
Director
Sidney Poitier
RW
Screenplay
Richard Wesley
Writer
FK
Cinematography
Fred J. Koenekamp
Director of Photography
PH
Editing
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
TS
Music
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
AS
Production Design
Alfred Sweeney
Cast
29SP
Sidney Poitier
Steve Jackson
BC
Bill Cosby
Wardell Franklin
HB
Harry Belafonte
Geechie Dan Beauford
FW
Flip Wilson
The Reverend
RP
Richard Pryor
Sharp Eye Washington
CL
Calvin Lockhart
Silky Slim
RC
Rosalind Cash
Sarah Jackson
RB
Roscoe Lee Browne
Congressman Lincoln
PK
Paula Kelly
Leggy Peggy
LC
Lee Chamberlin
Madame Zenobia
JS
Johnny Sekka
Geechie's Henchman
LK
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Slim's Henchman #1
KL
Ketty Lester
Irma
DM
Don Marshall
Slim's Henchman #2
HN
Harold Nicholas
Little Seymour
JB
Jophery C. Brown
Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited)
JB
Juanita Brown
Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited)
MB
Morris Buchanan
Waldorf Patron (uncredited)
RD
Richard L. Duran
Waldorf Patron (uncredited)
PH
Paul Harris
Police Officer (uncredited)
SM
Stevie Mack
Church Member (uncredited)
EM
Earl Maynard
Waldorf Bartender (uncredited)
GM
Gene McDaniels
Member of the Choir (uncredited)
MO
Marie O'Henry
Girl at Robbery Scene (uncredited)
RJ
Ray Parker, Jr.
Ray (uncredited)
SP
Stack Pierce
Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited)
CP
Cyril Poitier
Rock (uncredited)
GR
George Reynolds
Big Percy (uncredited)
RW
Richard Warren
Driver (uncredited)
Departments
10Production
- Pembroke J. HerringAssociate Producer
- Melville TuckerProducer
- Mickey McCardleProduction Manager
Art
- Robert De VestelSet Decoration
- William Ladd SkinnerSet Designer
Costume & Make-Up
- Monty WestmoreMakeup Artist
Crew
- Charles SpurgeonSpecial Effects
- Henry KingiStunts
- Jophery C. BrownStunts
- Bob HerronStunts