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

Ketty Lester

Irma

Don Marshall

Slim's Henchman #2

Harold Nicholas

Little Seymour

Jophery C. Brown

Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited)

Juanita Brown

Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited)

Morris Buchanan

Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Richard L. Duran

Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Paul Harris

Police Officer (uncredited)

Earl Maynard

Waldorf Bartender (uncredited)

Ray Parker, Jr.

Ray (uncredited)

Stack Pierce

Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited)

George Reynolds

Big Percy (uncredited)