Full Credits
28 members

Richard Pryor
Wendell Scott

Beau Bridges
Hutch

Pam Grier
Mary Jones

Cleavon Little
Peewee

Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff Cotton

Bill Cobbs
Mr Jones

Noble Willingham
Billy Joe Byrnes

Richie Havens
Woodrow

Earl Hindman
Beau Welles

Julian Bond
Russell

Minnie Gentry
Wendell’s Mother

Lucy Saroyan
Hutch’s Wife
Bruce Atkins
Deputy Turner
Georgia Allen
Mrs. Jones
Steve Fifield
Deputy Drinkwater

Bill Cobbs
Mr. Jones
Maynard Jackson
Minister

Danny Nelson
Wayne Carter
Clara Dunn
Restaurant Owner
Alvin Huff
Moonshiner
Willie McWhorter
Wendell Jr.
Frederick 'Dennis' Greene
Slack
Bill Connell
Speedway Announcer (voice)

Charlie Briggs
Race Official (uncredited)
Clebert Ford
Passenger (uncredited)

Marc Gowan
Deputy (uncredited)
Woni Spotts
Child in the Audience (uncredited)
Chris Sterling
Deputy (uncredited)
51 members
Michael Schultz
Director
Terence A. Donnelly
Assistant Director
Preston L. Holmes
Second Assistant Director
Ralph S. Singleton
Second Assistant Director
Ken Swor
Assistant Director
Dwight Williams
Second Assistant Director
Charles Bail
Second Unit Director
Leon Capetanos
Writer
Lawrence DuKore
Writer
Melvin Van Peebles
Screenplay
Melvin Van Peebles
Writer
Ken Vose
Writer
J. Lloyd Grant
Executive Producer
Richard Bell
Executive Producer
James E. Hinton
Associate Producer
Hannah Weinstein
Producer
Teddy Stewart
Casting
Dick Colean
Camera Operator
John T. Dustin
Camera Operator
George Bouillet
Director of Photography
Wayne Artman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Willie D. Burton
Sound Mixer
Don Cahn
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lee Chaney
Sound Effects Editor
Jim Cook
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Mark Dennis
Sound Effects Editor
Billie Owens
Sound Effects Editor
Arthur H. Pullen
Sound Effects Editor
Harlan Riggs
Sound Mixer
Hank Salerno
Sound Effects Editor
Ed Scheid
Sound Effects Editor
Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer
Jack Senter
Art Direction
James L. Berkey
Set Decoration
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Scott Cunningham
Makeup Artist
Sandra Henderson
Hairstylist
Bob O'Bradovich
Makeup Artist
Robert L. Stevenson
Hairstylist
Celia Bryant
Costume Design
Randy Roberts
Editor
Bob Wyman
Editor
Christopher Holmes
Editor
Candy Flanagin
Special Effects
Thomas R. Ward
Special Effects
Ted Duncan
Stunt Coordinator
Neil Castles Sr.
Stunt Driver
Whitey Hughes
Stunts
Don Pike
Stunt Driver
Ernest Robinson
Stunt Coordinator
Ernest Robinson
Stunt Double