Cast
- Sir Sidney Poitier — Steve Jackson
- Bill Cosby — Wardell Franklin
- Harry Belafonte — Geechie Dan Beauford
- Flip Wilson — The Reverend
- Richard Pryor — Sharp Eye Washington
- Calvin Lockhart — Silky Slim
- Rosalind Cash — Sarah Jackson
- Roscoe Lee Browne — Congressman Lincoln
- Paula Kelly — Leggy Peggy
- Lee Chamberlin — Madame Zenobia
- Johnny Sekka — Geechie's Henchman
- Lincoln Kilpatrick — Slim's Henchman #1
- Don Marshall — Slim's Henchman #2
- Harold Nicholas — Little Seymour Pettigrew
cameo appearances by:
- Ketty Lester — Irma Franklin
- Jophery C. Brown — Geechie Dan henchman
- Gene McDaniels — Member of the Choir
- Ray Parker Jr. — Ray
- George Reynolds — Big Percy
- Richard Warren — Driver
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