"Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup."
Sidney Poitier
as Steve Jackson
Bill Cosby
as Wardell Franklin
Harry Belafonte
as Geechie Dan Beauford
Flip Wilson
as The Reverend
Richard Pryor
as Sharp Eye Washington
Calvin Lockhart
as Silky Slim
Rosalind Cash
as Sarah Jackson
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Congressman Lincoln
Paula Kelly
as Leggy Peggy
Lee Chamberlin
as Madame Zenobia
Johnny Sekka
as Geechie's Henchman
Lincoln Kilpatrick
as Slim's Henchman #1
Ketty Lester
as Irma
Don Marshall
as Slim's Henchman #2
Harold Nicholas
as Little Seymour
Jophery C. Brown
as Geechie Dan's Henchman (uncredited)
Juanita Brown
as Congressman Lincoln's Receptionist (uncredited)
Morris Buchanan
as Waldorf Patron (uncredited)
Richard L. Duran
Paul Harris
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Stevie Mack
as Church Member (uncredited)
Earl Maynard
as Waldorf Bartender (uncredited)
Gene McDaniels
as Member of the Choir (uncredited)
Marie O'Henry
as Girl at Robbery Scene (uncredited)
Ray Parker, Jr.
as Ray (uncredited)
Stack Pierce
as Gambler in Tuxedo (uncredited)
Cyril Poitier
as Rock (uncredited)
George Reynolds
as Big Percy (uncredited)
Richard Warren
as Driver (uncredited)
Director
Charles Spurgeon
Special Effects
Melville Tucker
Producer
Monty Westmore
Makeup Artist
Robert De Vestel
Set Decoration
Alfred Sweeney
Production Design
Pembroke J. Herring
Editor
Richard Wesley
Writer
Tom Scott
Original Music Composer
Associate Producer
William Ladd Skinner
Set Designer
Fred J. Koenekamp
Director of Photography
Mickey McCardle
Production Manager
Stunts
Henry Kingi
Bob Herron