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About
Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
Theatrical
Oct 11, 1975
Box Office
$11.8M
Budget
$70K
Return
168.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jan 13, 2004
Director
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
First Artists, Verdon Productions Limited, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Full credits →S
Sidney Poitier
Clyde Williams
B
Bill Cosby
Billy Foster
C
Calvin Lockhart
Biggie Smalls
J
John Amos
Kansas City Mack
J
Jimmie Walker
Bootney Farnsworth
O
Ossie Davis
Elder Johnson
D
Denise Nicholas
Beth Foster
L
Lee Chamberlin
Dee Dee Williams
M
Mel Stewart
Ellison
J
Julius Harris
Bubbletop Woodson
P
Paul Harris
Jody Tipps
V
Val Avery
Lt. Bottomley
G
George Foreman
Factory Worker
M
Med Flory
Rufus
E
Erica Hagen
Girl in Hotel
J
Jayne Kennedy
Girl at Factory
M
Morgan Roberts
Fish an' Chips Freddie
T
Talya Ferro
Biggie's Crony #1
D
Doug Johnson
Biggie's Crony #2
R
Richard Young
Biggie's Crony #3
