Cast (47)

Richard Pryor

Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown

Harvey Keitel

Jerry Bartowski

Yaphet Kotto

Sam 'Smokey' James

Ed Begley Jr.

Bobby Joe

Harry Bellaver

Eddie Johnson

George Memmoli

Jenkins

Lucy Saroyan

Arlene Bartowski

Lane Smith

Clarence Hill

Cliff DeYoung

John Burrows

Borah Silver

Dogshit Miller

Chip Fields

Caroline Brown

Harry Northup

Hank

Leonard Gaines

I.R.S. Man

Milton Selzer

Sumabitch

Sammy Warren

Barney

Jimmy Martinez

Charlie T. Hernandez

Jerry Dahlmann

Superintendent

Denny Arnold

Unshaven Thug

Rock Riddle

Blond Thug

Stacey Baldwin

Debby Bartowski

Steve Butts

Bob Bartowski

Stephen P. Dunn

Flannigan

Speedy Brown

Slim

Davone Florence

Frazier Brown

Eddie Singleton

Ali Brown

Ava Singleton

Aretha Brown

Vermettya Royster

Neighbor

Jaime Carreire

Little Joe

Victoria McFarland

Doris

Gloria Delaney

Party Girl

Rosa Flores

Party Girl

Crystal McCarey

Party Girl

Debra Fay Walker

Party Girl

Gino Ardito

Detective

Sean Fallon Walsh

Detective

Vincent Lucchesi

Newspaper Reporter

Jerry Snider

TV Reporter

Colby Chester

TV Reporter

Donl Morse

Union Member

William Pelt

Union Member

Tracey Walter

Union Member

Almeria Quinn

Union Secretary

Lee McDonald

Security Guard

Rodney Lee Walker

Boy in Dime Store

Vincent Di Paolo

Factory Worker (uncredited)

Doctor Hayes

Union Worker (uncredited)

Jeannine Oppewall

Woman with Bicycle (uncredited)

Crew (19)

Ron Dawson

Wardrobe Designer

Robert L. Stevenson

Hairstylist

Marvin E. Lewis

Sound

Donl Morse

Makeup Artist

Willie D. Burton

Sound

Winfred Tennison

Sound

Alice Rush

Wardrobe Designer

Paul Schrader

Director

Glenn R. Wilder

Stunt Coordinator

Robin French

Executive Producer

Tom Rolf

Editor

Lawrence G. Paull

Production Design

Bobby Byrne

Director of Photography

Dan Perri

Title Designer

Peg Cummings

Set Decoration

Paul Schrader

Screenplay

Don Guest

Producer

Leonard Schrader

Screenplay

Jack Nitzsche

Original Music Composer