Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971/03/31 (US) | Action, Crime, Drama
The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see!
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
Melvin Van Peebles
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Screenplay
Lead Cast
Simon Chuckster
Beetle
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
Hubert Scales
Mu-Mu
Mario Van Peebles
The Young Sweetback
John Dullaghan
Commissioner
John Amos
Biker
Lavelle Roby
Budget
$ 150,000
Revenue
$ 15,200,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Yeah
Crews
Jerry Gross
Producer
Robert Maxwell
Director of Photography
Melvin Van Peebles
Producer
Melvin Van Peebles
Editor
Nora Maxwell
Makeup Supervisor
Clyde Houston
Production Manager