Jack Jefferson
James Earl Jones
Eleanor
Jane Alexander
Brady
Larry Pennell
French Promoter
Marcel Dalio
Paco
Manuel Padilla Jr.
Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Scatman Crothers
Captain Dan
R.G. Armstrong
El Jefe
Rodolfo Acosta
Mrs. Jefferson's Friend (uncredited)
Ernest Anderson
Goldie
Lou Gilbert
Tick
Joel Fluellen
Pop Weaver
Chester Morris
Dixon
Robert Webber
Clara
Marlene Warfield
Cameron
Hal Holbrook
Mama Tiny
Beah Richards
Scipio
Moses Gunn
Choreographer
Donald McKayle
Assistant Director
Jerry Ziesmer
Costume Design
Irene Sharaff
Director
Martin Ritt
Production Design
John DeCuir
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Makeup Artist
Paul Stanhope Jr.
Hairstylist
Pat Abbott
Producer
Lawrence Turman
Raphael Bretton
Director of Photography
Burnett Guffey
Screenplay
Howard Sackler
Edwin Butterworth
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Script Supervisor
Marvin Weldon
Editor
William Reynolds
Tim Zinnemann
Original Music Composer
Lionel Newman