Directed by Ossie Davis   Written by Chester Himes   Arnold Perl   Ossie Davis   Cast Godfrey Cambridge ... Grave Digger Jones Raymond St. Jacques ... Coffin Ed Johnson Calvin Lockhart ... Rev. Deke O'Malley Judy Pace ... Iris Redd Foxx ... Uncle Budd / Booker Washington Sims Emily Yancy ... Mabel John Anderson ... Capt. Bryce Lou Jacobi ... Goodman Eugene Roche ... Lt. Anderson J.D. Cannon ... Calhoun Mabel Robinson ... Billie Dick Sabol ... Jarema Cleavon Little ... Lo Boy Teddy Wilson ... Barry (as Theodore Wilson) Maxwell Glanville ... Caspar Arnold Williams ... Hi Jenks Van Kirksey ... Early Riser (as Van Kriksey) Helen Martin ... Church Sister Irwin C. Watson ... Minister Gertrude Jeannette ... Sister Minnie Leonardo Cimino ... Tom Simm Landres ... Luddy Turk Turpin ... Dum Dum Tommy Lane ... '44' Gilbert Lewis ... 1st Black Beret Wally Taylor ... 2nd Black Beret William Pratt ... 3rd Black Beret Lisle Wilson ... 4th Black Beret John D. Anthony ... 5th Black Beret Anthony Chisholm ... Black Plainclothesman Tony Brubaker ... John Hill (as Anthony Brubaker) Jonelle Allen ... Secretary Walter Scott ... Cowboy (as Walter Scott Jr.) Jimmy Hayeson ... Wino Lawrence Cook ... 1st Young Black Man Vincent Hamill ... Lead picket Rudy Townsend ... 2nd Picket Vernee Watson ... Woman Ernest Marks ... Man Al Fann ... Billie Boy Alyce Webb ... Angry Woman Louis Whitman ... Chicken Man Kenneth Manigault ... Traveling Man Uncredited Cast Don Bexley ... Vendor in Crowd Vinnette Carroll ... Reba Harold Gaetano ... Plainclothesman Stanley Greene ... Chep Albert Hall ... Backround Detective Gene Lindsey ... Luddy Melba Moore ... Singer at the Apollo Theater Frederick O'Neal   Lee Steele ... Sidewalk Fur Coat Salesman Demond Wilson ... Rally attendant Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr.   Original Music by Galt MacDermot

Additional Info Premiere: May 27, 1970 DVD Release: January 09, 2001 Blu-ray Release: September 09, 2014 Country: Distributor: Kino Video Websites: Production Companies Formosa Productions Distributors United Artists   (1970) (USA) (theatrical) Kino Lorber   (2015) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) MGM Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (DVD) MGM Home Entertainment   (1992) (USA) (VHS) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1973) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,953 / 20,907 Site Ranking #6,949 Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) #6,950 One-Eyed Monster (2008) #6,951 Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993) #6,952 Killer Party (1986) #6,953 Cotton Comes To Harlem (1970) #6,954 Cut And Run (1984) #6,955 2001 Maniacs: Field Of Screams (2010) #6,956 Bloody Reunion (2006) #6,957 Uncle Peckerhead (2020)