Sidney Poitier

as Steve Jackson

Born 02/20/1927

Died 01/07/2022, age

Bill Cosby

as Wardell Franklin

Born 07/12/1937, age

Harry Belafonte

as Geechie Dan Beauford

Born 03/01/1927

Died 04/25/2023, age

Flip Wilson

as The Reverend

Born 12/08/1933

Died 11/25/1998, age

Richard Pryor

as Sharp Eye Washington

Born 12/01/1940

Died 12/10/2005, age

Calvin Lockhart

as Silky Slim

Born 10/18/1934

Died 03/29/2007, age

Rosalind Cash

as Sarah Jackson

Born 12/31/1938

Died 10/31/1995, age

Roscoe Lee Browne

as Congressman Lincoln

Born 05/02/1925

Died 04/11/2007, age

Paula Kelly

as Leggy Peggy

Born 10/21/1943

Died 02/08/2020, age

Johnny Sekka

as Geechie's Henchman

Born 07/21/1934

Died 09/14/2006, age

Lincoln Kilpatrick

as Slim's Henchman #1

Born 02/12/1932

Died 05/18/2004, age