B.G.
Raymond St. Jacques
Laurie
Ruby Dee
Larry
John Wesley
Rick
Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Alma
Ketty Lester
Street Speaker
Robert DoQui
Mello
James McEachin
Kirk Kirksey
L. Errol Jaye
Isabel Cooley
Alice Childress
Van Kirksey
Kyle
Frank Silvera
David Moody
Mello Alexandria
Ralph (uncredited)
Vernett Allen
Mr. Oakley (uncredited)
Leon Bibb
Society Woman at Arcade (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
(uncredited)
Anthony Chisholm
Revolutionary (uncredited)
William Elliott
Kyle's Associate (uncredited)
Joel Fluellen
Leonard Jackson
Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
Alan Oppenheimer
Clarence
Roscoe Lee Browne
Lonny Stevens
Bartender (uncredited)
Bill Walker
Policeman (uncredited)
Marvin Walters
Self (archive footage)
Jesse Jackson
Tank Williams
Julian Mayfield
Jeannie
Janet MacLachlan
Johnny Wells
Max Julien
Mama Wells
Juanita Moore
Corbin
Dick Anthony Williams
Teddy
Michael Baseleon
Director
Jules Dassin
Writer
Producer
Title Designer
Faith Hubley
Original Music Composer
Booker T. Jones
Conductor
John Hubley
Director of Photography
Boris Kaufman
Novel
Liam O'Flaherty
Editor
Robert Lawrence
Costume Design
Theoni V. Aldredge
Set Decoration
Ray Moyer
Production Design
Alexandre Trauner
Unit Production Manager
Andrew J. Durkus
Production Manager
William W. Gray
Script Supervisor
Cleo Anton
Sound Recordist
Terry Kellum
David Forrest
Hairstylist
Jené Bodell
Wardrobe Master
Bernice Pontrelli
Assistant Director
Marty Hornstein
Camera Operator
Alfred Lebovitz
Associate Producer
Jim Di Gangi
Music Coordinator
Earl Robinson
Elizabeth Searcy
Lambert Marks
Makeup Artist
Robert Sidell
Art Direction
Phillip Bennett
Cassius Weathersby
Standby Painter
Ernest Phillips
Production Illustrator
Joseph Musso
Stunts