Stan Lathan Director, Producer Moms Mabley Grace Actor Slappy White Forthwith Wilson Actor Moses Gunn Welton J. Waters Actor Rosalind Cash Creola Waters Actor James Karen Annenberg Actor George Lee Miles Blaney Actor Dolph Sweet Mayor Scott Actor Stepin Fetchit Cousin Lincoln Actor Matt Robinson Screenwriter, Producer Edward R. Brown Cinematographer Paul L. Evans Film Editing Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Original Music Robert Wightman Art Director Richard Nelson Set Decoration Sylvia Fay Casting