The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.
Cast
Richard Pryor
Wendell Scott
Beau Bridges
Hutch
Pam Grier
Mary Jones
Cleavon Little
Peewee
Vincent Gardenia
Sheriff Cotton
Bill Cobbs
Mr Jones, Mr. Jones
Noble Willingham
Billy Joe Byrnes
Richie Havens
Woodrow
Earl Hindman
Beau Welles
Julian Bond
Russell
Minnie Gentry
Wendell’s Mother
Lucy Saroyan
Hutch’s Wife
Bruce Atkins
Deputy Turner
Georgia Allen
Mrs. Jones
Steve Fifield
Deputy Drinkwater
Maynard Jackson
Minister
Danny Nelson
Wayne Carter
Clara Dunn
Restaurant Owner
Alvin Huff
Moonshiner
Willie McWhorter
Wendell Jr.
Frederick 'Dennis' Greene
Slack
Bill Connell
Speedway Announcer (voice)
Charlie Briggs
Race Official (uncredited)
Clebert Ford
Passenger (uncredited)
Marc Gowan
Deputy (uncredited)
Woni Spotts
Child in the Audience (uncredited)
Chris Sterling
Deputy (uncredited)
Crew
Michael Schultz
Director
Leon Capetanos
Writer
Lawrence DuKore
Writer
Melvin Van Peebles
Writer, Screenplay
Ken Vose
Writer
Randy Roberts
Editor
Bob Wyman
Editor
Christopher Holmes
Editor
George Bouillet
Director of Photography
Preston L. Holmes
Second Assistant Director
Ralph S. Singleton
Second Assistant Director
Dwight Williams
Second Assistant Director
Terence A. Donnelly
Assistant Director
Ken Swor
Assistant Director
J. Lloyd Grant
Executive Producer
Richard Bell
Executive Producer
Hannah Weinstein
Producer
James E. Hinton
Associate Producer
Dick Colean
Camera Operator
John T. Dustin
Camera Operator
Teddy Stewart
Casting
Celia Bryant
Costume Design
Sandra Henderson
Hairstylist
Robert L. Stevenson
Hairstylist
Scott Cunningham
Makeup Artist
Bob O'Bradovich
Makeup Artist
Charles Bail
Second Unit Director
Lee Chaney
Sound Effects Editor
Mark Dennis
Sound Effects Editor
Billie Owens
Sound Effects Editor
Arthur H. Pullen
Sound Effects Editor
Hank Salerno
Sound Effects Editor
Ed Scheid
Sound Effects Editor
Wayne Artman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Cahn
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jim Cook
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Willie D. Burton
Sound Mixer
Harlan Riggs
Sound Mixer
Candy Flanagin
Special Effects
Thomas R. Ward
Special Effects
Fred Karlin
Original Music Composer
James L. Berkey
Set Decoration
Whitey Hughes
Stunts
Neil Castles Sr.
Stunt Driver
Don Pike
Stunt Driver
Ted Duncan
Stunt Coordinator
Ernest Robinson
Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Double
Wayne Fitzgerald
Title Designer
Jack Senter
Art Direction
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