Mario Van Peebles as Jesse Lee

Stephen Baldwin as Jimmy J. 'Little J' Teeters

Tommy Lister Jr. as Obobo

Big Daddy Kane as Father Time

Billy Zane as Colonel Graham

Pam Grier as Phoebe

Salli Richardson-Whitfield as Lana

Isaac Hayes as Cable

Charles Lane as Weezie

James Bigwood as Walker

Mark Buntzman as Deputy Buntzman

Reginald Hudlin as Reporter #1

Warrington Hudlin as Reporter #2

Melvin Van Peebles as Papa Joe

Woody Strode as Storyteller

Reginald VelJohnson as Preston

Paul Bartel as Mayor Bigwood

Tone Loc as Angel

Sandra Ellis Lafferty as Big Kate

Robert Hooks as King David

Sy Richardson as Shepherd

Bob Minor as Alex

Vesta Williams as Vera

Thomas Stephen Hall as Deputy Errol

Nipsey Russell as Snopes

Blair Underwood as Carver

Richard Jordan as Sheriff Bates

Stephen J. Cannell as Jimmy Love

Richard Edson as Deputy Tom

Richard Gant as Doubletree

Dario Scardapane as Photographer