Directed by Mario Van Peebles   Written by Sy Richardson   Dario Scardapane   Cast Stephen Baldwin ... Little J Paul Bartel ... Mayor Bigwood James Bigwood ... Walker Mark Buntzman ... Deputy Buntzman Ismael Calderon ... Spanish Soldier Stephen J. Cannell ... Jimmy Love Tracy Lee Chavis ... Susan Blair Underwood ... Carver James E. Christopher ... Town Drunk Lawrence Cook ... Cook Richard Edson ... Deputy Tom Richard Gant ... Doubletree Pam Grier ... Phoebe Clabe Hartley ... Klikai Isaac Hayes ... Cable Robert Hooks ... King David Reginald Hudlin ... Reporter #1 Warrington Hudlin ... Reporter #2 Richard Jordan ... Sheriff Bates Big Daddy Kane ... Father Time Sandra Ellis Lafferty ... Big Kate Charles Lane ... Weezie Tom Lister Jr. ... Obobo (as Tiny Lister) Tone Loc ... Angel Aaron Neville ... Railroad Singer Robert May ... John the Blacksmith T.J. McClain ... Monty Christopher Michael ... Izzy Bob Minor ... Alex Steve Reevis ... Two Bears Salli Richardson-Whitfield ... Lana (as Salli Richardson) Nipsey Russell ... Snopes Dario Scardapane ... Photographer Frank Soto ... Aaron (as Frank A. Soto) Thomas Stephen Hall ... Deputy Errol (as Thomas Steven Hall) Jeffrey Lloyd Layne ... Little Joseph Woody Strode ... Storyteller David Jean Thomas ... Head Rower Mark Twogood ... Wallace Mario Van Peebles ... Jesse Melvin Van Peebles ... Papa Joe Reginald VelJohnson ... Preston Van Steele Karen Williams ... Dilsey Vesta Williams ... Vera (as Vesta) Sy Richardson ... Shepherd Billy Zane ... Colonel Graham Geo Cook ... Iron Brigade Mike Cook ... Iron Brigade (as Michel Cook) I. Keith Cunningham ... Iron Brigade Andrew J. Gregory ... Iron Brigade Will 'Nahkohe' Strickland ... Iron Brigade Eugene Brooks ... Street Performer Shon Evans ... Street Performer Shydi Evans ... Street Performer Damian Johnson ... Street Performer Anthony R. Walker ... Street Performer Uncredited Cast Scott Bray ... Fire Breather Glen Gold ... Old man under the porch Lela Hough ... Candy Lee Troy Antoine LaFaye ... Extra Roger Rinehart ... Iron Brigade Soldier Sonny Skyhawk   Produced by Tim Bevan   James Bigwood   Eric Fellner   Bill Fishman   Jim Fishman   Preston L. Holmes   Jim Steele   Paul Webster   Original Music by Michel Colombier

Additional Info Premiere: April 27, 1993 Theatrical Release: May 14, 1993 DVD Release: November 17, 1998 Blu-ray Release: June 07, 2011 Countries: Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Websites: Production Companies PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Working Title Films Distributors Gramercy Pictures (I)   (1993) (United States) (theatrical) MGM Home Entertainment   (2001) (United States) (VHS) MGM Home Entertainment   (2001) (United States) (DVD) Manifesto Film Sales   (1992) (World-wide) (sales) PolyGram Video   (1993) (United States) (video) The Criterion Channel   (2021) (United States) (digital) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #5,881 / 21,103 Site Ranking #5,877 Trick (2019) #5,878 Evilspeak (1981) #5,879 Wrong Place (2022) #5,880 Head Count (2018) #5,881 Posse (1993) #5,882 Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010) #5,883 Crocodile (2000) #5,884 Transmorphers (2007) #5,885 Stepfather II (1989)