Robert Townsend as Duck

Michael Wright as Eddie

Leon as J.T.

Harry Lennix as Dresser

Tico Wells as Choirboy

Diahann Carroll as Eleanor Potter

Harold Nicholas as Sarge

John Canada Terrell as Michael 'Flash' Turner

Chuck Patterson as Jimmy Potter

Hawthorne James as Big Red

Roy Fegan as Bird

Troy Byer as Baby Doll

Carla Brothers as Tanya Sawyer

Deborah Lacey as Rose

Theresa Randle as Brenda

John Witherspoon as Wild Rudy

Bobby McGee as Leon

O.L. Duke as Monroe

Kasi Lemmons as Cookie

Eugene Robert Glazer as David Green

Timmie Rogers as Buddy Lewis

Tommy Redmond Hicks as Pastor Blake

Donnie Simpson as Donnie Simpson

Norma Donaldson as Mrs. Sawyer

Roger Rose as The Five Horsemen

James Anderson as Big Red's Guys

Arnold Johnson as Mr. Matthews

Monique Mannen as Sandra Tillman

Paul Benjamin as Mr. King

Phyllis Applegate as Myra Stone

David McKnight as Pastor Stone

Veronica Redd as Mrs. Matthews