Full Credits
31 members

Sidney Poitier
Clyde Williams

Bill Cosby
Billy Foster

Calvin Lockhart
Biggie Smalls

John Amos
Kansas City Mack

Jimmie Walker
Bootney Farnsworth

Ossie Davis
Elder Johnson

Denise Nicholas
Beth Foster

Lee Chamberlin
Dee Dee Williams

Mel Stewart
Ellison

Julius Harris
Bubbletop Woodson

Paul Harris
Jody Tipps

Val Avery
Lt. Bottomley

George Foreman
Factory Worker

Med Flory
Rufus
Erica Hagen
Girl in Hotel

Jayne Kennedy
Girl at Factory
Rodolphus Lee Hayden
40th St. Black
Morgan Roberts
Fish an' Chips Freddie
Talya Ferro
Biggie's Crony #1
Doug Johnson
Biggie's Crony #2

Richard Young
Biggie's Crony #3
Cedric Scott
Biggie's Crony #4

Billy Eckstine
Zack
Jimmy Lennon Sr.
Fight Announcer
Hilda Haynes
Telephone Operator

Jophery C. Brown
Bootney Farnsworth's Trainer (uncredited)
Rozelle Gayle
Exhibition Boxing Match Announcer (uncredited)
Birdie M. Hale
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Bob Harks
Guard (uncredited)

Rosanne Katon
(uncredited)
Woni Spotts
Child (uncredited)
20 members
Sidney Poitier
Director
Timothy March
Story
Richard Wesley
Screenplay
Pembroke J. Herring
Producer
Alan Shayne
Casting
Melville Tucker
Producer
Donald M. Morgan
Director of Photography
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Theme Song Performance
Cleotha Staples
Theme Song Performance
Yvonne Staples
Theme Song Performance
Mavis Staples
Theme Song Performance
Curtis Mayfield
Original Music Composer
Alfred Sweeney
Production Design
Ruby R. Levitt
Set Decoration
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
Charles Spurgeon
Special Effects
Bob Minor
Stunts
Gene LeBell
Stunts
Jophery C. Brown
Stunts
Henry Kingi
Stunt Coordinator