Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown
Richard Pryor
Jerry Bartowski
Harvey Keitel
Caroline Brown
Chip Fields
Hank
Harry Northup
I.R.S. Man
Leonard Gaines
Sumabitch
Milton Selzer
Barney
Sammy Warren
Charlie T. Hernandez
Jimmy Martinez
Superintendent
Jerry Dahlmann
Unshaven Thug
Denny Arnold
Blond Thug
Rock Riddle
Debby Bartowski
Stacey Baldwin
Sam 'Smokey' James
Yaphet Kotto
Bob Bartowski
Steve Butts
Flannigan
Stephen P. Dunn
Slim
Speedy Brown
Frazier Brown
Davone Florence
Ali Brown
Eddie Singleton
Aretha Brown
Ava Singleton
Neighbor
Vermettya Royster
Little Joe
Jaime Carreire
Doris
Victoria McFarland
Party Girl
Gloria Delaney
Bobby Joe
Ed Begley Jr.
Rosa Flores
Crystal McCarey
Debra Fay Walker
Detective
Gino Ardito
Sean Fallon Walsh
Newspaper Reporter
Vincent Lucchesi
TV Reporter
Jerry Snider
Colby Chester
Union Member
Donl Morse
William Pelt
Eddie Johnson
Harry Bellaver
Tracey Walter
Union Secretary
Almeria Quinn
Security Guard
Lee McDonald
Boy in Dime Store
Rodney Lee Walker
Factory Worker (uncredited)
Vincent Di Paolo
Union Worker (uncredited)
Doctor Hayes
Woman with Bicycle (uncredited)
Jeannine Oppewall
Jenkins
George Memmoli
Arlene Bartowski
Lucy Saroyan
Clarence Hill
Lane Smith
John Burrows
Cliff DeYoung
Dogshit Miller
Borah Silver
Screenplay
Leonard Schrader
Sound
Willie D. Burton
Title Designer
Dan Perri
Director
Paul Schrader
Stunt Coordinator
Glenn R. Wilder
Original Music Composer
Jack Nitzsche
Wardrobe Designer
Ron Dawson
Hairstylist
Robert L. Stevenson
Marvin E. Lewis
Makeup Artist
Winfred Tennison
Alice Rush
Executive Producer
Robin French
Editor
Tom Rolf
Production Design
Lawrence G. Paull
Director of Photography
Bobby Byrne
Set Decoration
Peg Cummings
Producer
Don Guest