Comedy Crime
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
Directed by
Sidney Poitier
Roebuck 'Pops' Staples
John Amos
Kansas City Mack
Sidney Poitier
Clyde Williams
Bill Cosby
Billy Foster
Med Flory
Rufus
Ossie Davis
Elder Johnson
Bob Harks
Guard (uncredited)
Henry Kingi
Jimmie Walker
Bootney Farnsworth
Julius Harris
Bubbletop Woodson
Val Avery
Lt. Bottomley
Gene LeBell
Denise Nicholas
Beth Foster
Calvin Lockhart
Biggie Smalls
Rosanne Katon
(uncredited)
Mel Stewart
Ellison
Jayne Kennedy
Girl at Factory
Richard Young
Biggie's Crony #3
George Foreman
Factory Worker
Lee Chamberlin
Dee Dee Williams
Mavis Staples
Curtis Mayfield
Paul Harris
Jody Tipps
Billy Eckstine
Zack
Erica Hagen
Girl in Hotel
Rodolphus Lee Hayden
40th St. Black
Morgan Roberts
Fish an' Chips Freddie
Talya Ferro
Biggie's Crony #1
Doug Johnson
Biggie's Crony #2
Cedric Scott
Biggie's Crony #4
Jimmy Lennon Sr.
Fight Announcer
Hilda Haynes
Telephone Operator
Rozelle Gayle
Exhibition Boxing Match Announcer (uncredited)
Birdie M. Hale
Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Woni Spotts
Child (uncredited)
Cleotha Staples
Yvonne Staples
Bob Minor

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