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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song: Full Cast & Crew 1971 Crime/Drama
Sweet Sweetback (Melvin Van Peebles) is a black orphan who, having grown up in a brothel, now works there as part of a sex show. When the police need a patsy for a murder in the black community, Sweetback's employer gives him up to two white cops, whom Sweetback ends up killing. Suddenly the target of a massive manhunt, he decides to flee to Mexico. As he makes his way there, he is captured by, and escapes from, both the cops and a chapter of the Hell's Angels. R Released: Apr 23, 1971 See Movie Details

Cast & Crew

All Cast Crew
Melvin Van Peebles Sweetback Director, Actor, Writer, Producer, Original Music, Film Editing Simon Chuckster Beetle Actor Hubert Scales Mu-Mu Actor John Dullaghan Commissioner Actor West Gale Actor Niva Rochelle Actor Rhetta Hughes Old Girl Friend Actor Nick Ferrari Actor Ed Rue Actor John Amos Biker Actor Lavelle Roby Actor Ted Hayden Actor Mario Van Peebles Young Sweetback , Kid Actor Sonja Dunson Actor Michael Agustus Actor Peter Russell Actor Norman Field Actor Ron Prince Actor Steve Cole Actor Megan Van Peebles Kid Actor Joe Tornatore Actor Mikel Angel Actor Jeff Goodman Actor Curt Matson Actor Marria Evonee Actor Jon Jacobs Actor Bill Kirschner Actor Vincent Barbi Actor Chet Norris Actor Joni Watkins Actor Jerry Gross Producer Earth, Wind & Fire Original Music Robert Maxwell Cinematographer