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)
Stevie Mack
— Church Member (uncredited)
Earl Maynard
— Waldorf Bartender (uncredited)
Gene McDaniels
— Member of the Choir (uncredited)
Marie O'Henry
— Girl at Robbery Scene (uncredited)
Ray Parker, Jr.
— Ray (uncredited)
Stack Pierce
— Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited)
Cyril Poitier
— Rock (uncredited)
George Reynolds
— Big Percy (uncredited)
Richard Warren
— Driver (uncredited)