Tim Reid
— Joe
Vonte Sweet
— Alphonso
Vonetta McGee
— Brenda
María Celedonio
— Ella
Robert Guillaume
— Uncle Buddy
Zero Hubbard
— Hubie
Rosalind Cash
— Janet Mickens
Daphne Maxwell Reid
— Coach Dawson
LaVerne Anderson
— Cindy
Marquita Terry
— Tamara
Don Drysdale
— Baseball Announcer (voice)
Fred Pinkard
— Thaddeus
Whitman Mayo
— Jesse
George Kirby
— George
William Karnes
— UPS Man
Della Reese
— Ella DuChamps (voice)
Anne Betancourt
— Cashier
Brock Peters
— Gus
Tyra Ferrell
— Ricki Sewell
Eric Chambers
— Creole Kid
Roscoe Lee Browne
— Buck