"A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity."
Lee J. Cobb
as Oman Hedgepath
Anthony Zerbe
as Willie Joe Worth
Roscoe Lee Browne
as Lord Byron "L.B." Jones
Lola Falana
as Emma Jones
Lee Majors
as Steve Mundine
Barbara Hershey
as Nella Mundine
Yaphet Kotto
as Sonny Boy Mosby
Arch Johnson
as Stanley Bumpas
Chill Wills
as Mr. Ike
Zara Cully
as Mama Lavorn
Fayard Nicholas
as Benny Smith
Joseph Attles
as Henry
Lauren Jones
as Erleen Parsons
Dub Taylor
as Mayor
Brenda Sykes
as Jelly
Larry D. Mann
as Grocer
Ray Teal
as Chief of Police
Eve McVeagh
as Miss Griggs
Sonora McKeller
as Miss Ponsella
Robert Van Meter
as Blind Man
John S. Jackson
as Suspect
Jack Grinnage
as Driver (uncredited)
Chris Ladd
as Neighbor (uncredited)
William Wyler
Director
Producer
Arthur Piantadosi
Sound
Stirling Silliphant
Screenplay
Jack Solomon
Jesse Hill Ford
Jordan Cronenweth
Second Unit Director of Photography
Terry K. Meade
Assistant Camera
Pieter Bergema
Assistant Editor
Mentor Huebner
Production Illustrator
Virginia Jones
Hairstylist
Doug J. Campbell
Grip
Robert Swink
Supervising Editor
Ben Lane
Makeup Supervisor
Anthony Ray
Assistant Director
Second Unit Director
A. Ronald Lubin
Robert Surtees
Director of Photography
Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer
Kenneth A. Reid
Production Design
Novel
Carl Kress
Editor
Russell Saunders
Unit Production Manager
Frank Tuttle
Set Decoration