Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Clyde Williams
Bill Cosby
Billy Foster
Calvin Lockhart
Biggie Smalls
John Amos
Kansas City Mack
Jimmie Walker
Bootney Farnsworth
Ossie Davis
Elder Johnson
Denise Nicholas
Beth Foster
Lee Chamberlin
Dee Dee Williams
Mel Stewart
Ellison
Julius Harris
Bubbletop Woodson
Paul Harris
Jody Tipps
Val Avery
Lt. Bottomley
George Foreman
Factory Worker
Med Flory
Rufus
Erica Hagen
Girl in Hotel
Jayne Kennedy
Girl at Factory
Rodolphus Lee Hayden
40th St. Black
Morgan Roberts
Fish an' Chips Freddie
Talya Ferro
Biggie's Crony #1
Doug Johnson
Biggie's Crony #2
Richard Young
Biggie's Crony #3
Cedric Scott
Biggie's Crony #4
Billy Eckstine
Zack
Jimmy Lennon Sr.
Fight Announcer
Hilda Haynes
Telephone Operator
Jophery C. Brown
Bootney Farnsworth's Trainer (uncredited)
Rozelle Gayle
Exhibition Boxing Match Announcer (uncredited)
Birdie M. Hale
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Bob Harks
Guard (uncredited)
Rosanne Katon
(uncredited)
Woni Spotts
Child (uncredited)
Crew
Sidney Poitier
Director
Richard Wesley
Screenplay
Timothy March
Story
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor, Producer
Donald M. Morgan
Director of Photography
Melville Tucker
Producer
Alfred Sweeney
Production Design
Alan Shayne
Casting
Charles Spurgeon
Special Effects
Curtis Mayfield
Original Music Composer
Ruby R. Levitt
Set Decoration
Bob Minor
Stunts
Gene LeBell
Stunts
Jophery C. Brown
Stunts
Henry Kingi
Stunt Coordinator
Yvonne Staples
Theme Song Performance
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
Theme Song Performance
Cleotha Staples
Theme Song Performance
Mavis Staples
Theme Song Performance
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