Sweet Sweetback's Baad Asssss Song
The radicalisation of a Black underclass anti-hero who kills a policeman while helping a friend and is pursued across the USA.
Cast & credits
Cast
- cast member The Black Community
- Sweetback Melvin Van Peebles
- Beetle Simon Chuckster
- Mu-Mu Hubert Scales
- commissioner John Dullaghan
- cast member West Gale
- cast member Niva Rochelle
- old girlfriend Rhetta Hughes
- cast member Nick Ferrari
- cast member Ed Rue
- cast member John Amos
- cast member Lavelle Roby
- cast member Ted Hayden
- young Sweetback Mario Van Peebles
- cast member Sonja Dunson
- cast member Michael Agustus
- cast member Peter Russell
- cast member Norman Fields
- cast member Ron Prince
- cast member Steve Cole
- cast member Megan Peebles
- cast member Joe Tornatore
- cast member Mikel Angel
- cast member The Copeland Family
- cast member Jeff Goodman
- cast member Curt Matson
- cast member Marria Evonee
- cast member Jon Jacobs
- cast member William Kirschner
- cast member Vincent Barbi
- cast member Chet Norris
- cast member Joni Watkins
- cast member Jerry Day
- cast member John Allen
- cast member Bruce Adams
- cast member Maggie Bemlery
- cast member Bill Cade
- cast member Hazel Colbert
- cast member Jean-Marie Deschamp
- cast member Dennis Dubrow
- cast member Donna Dubrow
- cast member Don Garret
- cast member Dave Gordon
- cast member Arlene Gordon
- cast member Cain Hawkins
- cast member Maria K. Helo
- cast member Clara Hinton
- cast member John S. Jackson
- cast member Ronald Jenkins
- cast member Ollie Johnson
- cast member Rick Johnson
- cast member Phil Kay
- cast member Ed Kurose
- cast member Tony Lane
- cast member Billy Michaelson
- cast member Phil Mitchell
- cast member Elaine Morris
- cast member Tom Moses
- cast member Chuck Norton
- cast member Barbara Pough
- cast member Dave Rosenfeld
- cast member Phil Rothchild
- cast member Tino Sargo
- cast member Jessie Sturdivant
- cast member Ron Sustarcic
- cast member Rudolph Tagle
Credits
Direction
- A film of/Directed by Melvin Van Peebles
- 2nd Unit Director Jose Garcia
- Assistant Director Clyde Houston
Production
- Production Company Yeah Inc.
- Producer Melvin Van Peebles
- Production Manager Clyde Houston
- {Production Team} Priscilla Watts
- {Production Team} John Murphy
- {Production Team} Tommy Scott
- {Production Team} George Rubine
- {Production Team} Dianne Jenkins
- {Production Team} Winfred Tennison
- {Production Team} Chick Borland
- {Production Team} Skip Karnas
Writing
- Written by Melvin Van Peebles
Photography
- Director of Photography Robert Maxwell
- Cinematographer Robert Maxwell
- Cinematographer Jose Garcia
Special Effects
- Special Effects Clifford P. Wenger Sr
Editing
- Edited by Melvin Van Peebles
- Assistant Editor Jeremy Hoenack
Costumes
- Sweetback's Wardrobe by Mr. B's 5 Fashions of L.A.
Make-up
- Make-up Supervisor Nora Maxwell
Titles
- Titles by CFI
Film processing
- Optical Effects Muller-Curtis-O'Neil
- Optical Effects CFI
- Processing by CFI
Music
- Composed by Melvin Van Peebles
- Orchestra/Orchestrations Earth Wind and Fire
Sound
- Sound Clark Will
- Dubbing Arthur Piantadosi
- Sound Editor John Newman
- Sound Editor Luke Wolfram