"After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels."
Simon Chuckster
as Beetle
Melvin Van Peebles
as Sweetback
Hubert Scales
as Mu-Mu
Mario Van Peebles
as The Young Sweetback
John Dullaghan
as Commissioner
John Amos
as Biker
Lavelle Roby
as
Rhetta Hughes
as Old Girlfriend
Norman Fields
Joe Tornatore
Mikel Angel
William Kirschner
Vincent Barbi
Chesley Noone
Curt Matson
as Actor
Wesley Gale
as (as West Gale)
Jerry Gross
Producer
Robert Maxwell
Director of Photography
Director
Screenplay
Editor
Nora Maxwell
Makeup Supervisor
Jose Garcia
Camera Operator
Maurice White
Orchestrator
Chic Borland
Production Assistant
Clark Will
Sound
Second Unit Director
Jeremy Hoenack
Assistant Editor
Skip Karnas
Verdine White
Priscilla Watts
John H. Newman
Sound Editor
Winfred Tennison
Clyde Houston
Production Manager
Assistant Director
Philip Bailey
Cliff Wenger
Special Effects
Luke Wolfram
Original Music Composer