Beau Bridges
— Elgar Enders
Lee Grant
— Joyce Enders
Diana Sands
— Francine "Fanny" Johnson
Pearl Bailey
— Marge
Walter Brooke
— William Enders
Louis Gossett Jr.
— Copee Johnson
Marki Bey
— Lanie
Mel Stewart
— Professor Duboise
Susan Anspach
— Susan Enders
Robert Klein
— Peter
Will Mackenzie
— William Jr.
Gretchen Walther
— Doris
Douglas Grant
— Walter Gee
Stanley Greene
— Heywood
Oliver Clark
— Mr. Farcus
Florynce Kennedy
— Enid
Joe Madden
— Grandfather
Grover Dale
— Oscar
Trish Van Devere
— Sally
Lawrence Cook
— Larry
Héctor Elizondo
— Hector
John McCurry
— Big John
Lionel G. Wilson
— Number One
Marlene Clark
— Marlene
Gloria Hendry
— Gloria
Willis Pinkett
— Maitre d'
Hannah Battle
— Laura Ann
Michael Ferguson
— Gene
Bobby V. Garvin
— Ernest
Richard Usher
— Alvin Joe