"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
Dino De Laurentiis
Producer
Lucien Ballard
Director of Photography
Charlie Smalls
Music
Carl Kress
Editor
Steve Carver
Director
Norman Wexler
Screenplay
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Chuck Schulthies Jr.
Special Effects
Stunt Coordinator
Ted Holt
Gaffer
Jack Baur
Casting
Roger Shearman Jr.
Camera Operator
Terry Terrill
Script Supervisor
Mike Bacarella
Makeup Artist
Peter Bogart
Assistant Director
Harry Young
Other
Al Sheppard
Second Assistant Director
Clyde Hart
Key Grip
Ralph B. Serpe
Kathryn Blondell
Hairstylist
Roger George
Kenneth Wannberg
Music Editor
William Turner
Bill Kenney
Art Direction
Robert Gravenor
Sound Mixer
Bill Varney
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Don Record
Title Designer
Stan Jolley
Production Design
Gilbert D. Marchant
Sound Effects Editor
John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration
V.R. Bud Shelton
Property Master
Joseph Kite
Boom Operator
Richard Hazard
Additional Music
Kyle Onstott
Novel
E. Darrell Hallenbeck
Unit Production Manager
Charles H. Coleman
Conductor
Sam Moore
Gordon Daniel
