"A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society."
Warren Oates
as Hammond Maxwell
Pam Grier
as Regine
Ken Norton
as Drum
Isela Vega
as Marianna
Yaphet Kotto
as Blase
John Colicos
as Bernard DeMarigny
Fiona Lewis
as Augusta Chauvet
Paula Kelly
as Rachel
Royal Dano
as Zeke Montgomery
Brenda Sykes
as Calinda
Cheryl Smith
as Sophie Maxwell
Lillian Hayman
as Lucretia Borgia
Alain Patrick
as Lazare
Clay Tanner
as Mr. Holcomb
Lila Finn
as Mrs. Holcomb
Henry Wills
as Mr. Gassaway
Donna Garrett
as Mrs. Gassaway
Harvey Parry
as Dr. Redfield
May Boss
as Mrs. Redfield
Ilona Wilson
as Elly Bee Rowe
Monique Madnes
as Mary Ruth Rowe
Eddie Smith
as Bruno
S.A. Lewis
as Babouin
Harold Jones
as Slave #1
Maurice Emanuel
as Slave #2
Larry Williams
as Slave #3
Adina Ross
as Woman Guest #1 (as Julie Ann Johnston)
Jeannie Epper
as Woman Guest #2
Bob Minor
as Cuban Slave
John Vernon
as
Amedee Frederick
as Jacque
Hector Freeman
as Slave
Sharmagne Leland-St. John
as Demimonde
Roger E. Mosley
Carl Kress
Editor
Steve Carver
Director
Norman Wexler
Screenplay
Charlie Smalls
Music
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Terry Terrill
Script Supervisor
Mike Bacarella
Makeup Artist
Peter Bogart
Assistant Director
Jack Baur
Casting
Stan Jolley
Production Design
Robert Gravenor
Sound Mixer
Gilbert D. Marchant
Sound Effects Editor
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
William Turner
Don Record
Title Designer
Clyde Hart
Key Grip
Kyle Onstott
Novel
Ralph B. Serpe
Roger George
Special Effects
Chuck Schulthies Jr.
Stunt Coordinator
Ted Holt
Gaffer
Kathryn Blondell
Hairstylist
Bill Kenney
Art Direction
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Harry Young
Other
Charles H. Coleman
Conductor
Richard Hazard
Additional Music
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
E. Darrell Hallenbeck
Unit Production Manager
Joseph Kite
Boom Operator
Roger Shearman Jr.
Camera Operator
Al Sheppard
Second Assistant Director
V.R. Bud Shelton
Property Master
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
Sam Moore
Gordon Daniel