cast
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Richard Pryor
Ezekiel 'Zeke' Brown
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Harvey Keitel
Jerry Bartowski
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Yaphet Kotto
Sam 'Smokey' James
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Ed Begley Jr.
Bobby Joe
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Harry Bellaver
Eddie Johnson
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George Memmoli
Jenkins
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Lucy Saroyan
Arlene Bartowski
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Lane Smith
Clarence Hill
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Cliff DeYoung
John Burrows
- Borah Silver Dogshit Miller
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Chip Fields
Caroline Brown
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Harry Northup
Hank
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Leonard Gaines
I.R.S. Man
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Milton Selzer
Sumabitch
- Sammy Warren Barney
- Jimmy Martinez Charlie T. Hernandez
- Jerry Dahlmann Superintendent
- Denny Arnold Unshaven Thug
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Rock Riddle
Blond Thug
- Stacey Baldwin Debby Bartowski
- Steve Butts Bob Bartowski
- Stephen P. Dunn Flannigan
- Speedy Brown Slim
- Davone Florence Frazier Brown
- Eddie Singleton Ali Brown
- Ava Singleton Aretha Brown
- Vermettya Royster Neighbor
- Jaime Carreire Little Joe
- Victoria McFarland Doris
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Gloria Delaney
Party Girl
- Rosa Flores Party Girl
- Crystal McCarey Party Girl
- Debra Fay Walker Party Girl
- Gino Ardito Detective
- Sean Fallon Walsh Detective
- Vincent Lucchesi Newspaper Reporter
- Jerry Snider TV Reporter
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Colby Chester
TV Reporter
- Donl Morse Union Member
- William Pelt Union Member
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Tracey Walter
Union Member
- Almeria Quinn Union Secretary
- Lee McDonald Security Guard
- Rodney Lee Walker Boy in Dime Store
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Vincent Di Paolo
Factory Worker (uncredited)
- Doctor Hayes Union Worker (uncredited)
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Jeannine Oppewall
Woman with Bicycle (uncredited)
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Jimmy Williams
Union Member with Broken Leg (uncredited)