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