Cast
Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops was originally cast for the role of Louis McKay, but declined to do the film.
- Diana Ross as Billie Holiday
- Billy Dee Williams as Louis McKay
- Richard Pryor as Piano Man
- James Callahan as Reg Hanley (as James Callahan)
- Paul Hampton as Harry
- Sid Melton as Jerry
- Virginia Capers as Mama Holiday
- Yvonne Fair as Yvonne
- Isabel Sanford as Madame
- Tracee Lyles as Prostitute
- Ned Glass as Agent
- Milton Selzer as Doctor
- Norman Bartold as The Detective #1
- Clay Tanner as Detective #2
- Jester Hairston as Fefe
- Bert Kramer as The Policeman
- Paul Micale as The Maitre d'
- Michelle Aller as The Singer
- Byron Kane as The Announcer
- Barbara Minkus as Radio Actress
- Kay Lewis as Angela DeMarco
- Helen Lewis as Debbie McGee
- George Wyner as The M.C.
- Shirley Melline as The Policewoman
- Toby Russ as The Jail Guard
- Larry Duran as Hood #1
- Ernest Robinson as Hood #2 (as Ernie Robinson)
- Don McGovern as Reporter #1
- Dick Poston as Reporter #2
- Charles Woolf as Reporter #3
- Denise Denise as Denise
- Lynn Hamilton as Aunt Ida
- Victor Morosco as Vic
- Robert Gordy as The Hawk
- Harry Caesar as The Rapist
- Paulene Myers as Mrs. Edson
- Scatman Crothers as Big Ben
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Darlene Conley as - (uncredited)
- Jayne Kennedy as Louis's Date (uncredited)
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