Sidney Poitier as Steve Jackson

Bill Cosby as Wardell Franklin

Harry Belafonte as Geechie Dan Beauford

Flip Wilson as The Reverend

Richard Pryor as Sharp Eye Washington

Calvin Lockhart as Silky Slim

Rosalind Cash as Sarah Jackson

Roscoe Lee Browne as Congressman Lincoln

Paula Kelly as Leggy Peggy

Lee Chamberlin as Madame Zenobia

Johnny Sekka as Geechie's Henchman

Lincoln Kilpatrick as Slim's Henchman #1

Ketty Lester as Irma

Don Marshall as Slim's Henchman #2

Harold Nicholas as Little Seymour

Jophery C. Brown as Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited)

Juanita Brown as Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited)

Morris Buchanan as Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Richard L. Duran as Waldorf Patron (uncredited)

Paul Harris as Police Officer (uncredited)

Stevie Mack as Church Member (uncredited)

Earl Maynard as Waldorf Bartender (uncredited)

Gene McDaniels as Member of the Choir (uncredited)

Marie O'Henry as Girl at Robbery Scene (uncredited)

Ray Parker, Jr. as Ray (uncredited)

Stack Pierce as Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited)

Cyril Poitier as Rock (uncredited)

George Reynolds as Big Percy (uncredited)

Richard Warren as Driver (uncredited)