Star Roscoe Orman (Willie) is best known for his role as Gordon on Sesame Street.

Orman had previously worked in Gilbert Moses's theatre group.

Director Gilbert Moses worked frequently in television before his death in 1995, directing episodes of the mini-series Roots, Law & Order, Benson, and a host of after-school specials, including Daddy Can't Read (1988), starring Joey Travolta (brother of John) and Michael Jackson.

Moses was also nominated for a Tony Award in 1972 for Best Director (Musical) for Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death.

Diana Sands (Cora) previously had an uncredited role in A Face In The Crowd (1957) and appeared as Beneatha Younger in A Raisin In The Sun (1961).

Cora's DA boyfriend Robert was played by Thalamus Rasulala, who had already worked in the blaxploitation genre, appearing in films such as Blacula and Cool Breeze.

The women featured in Willie's posse are some of exploitation movies' finest: Joyce Walker (Pashen) was previously featured in Shaft's Big Score! two years earlier, Judy Brown appeared in The Big Doll House; Juanita Brown was in Caged Heat and Foxy Brown, Marcia McBroom previously starred as Petronella Danforth in the Russ Meyer classic Beyond The Valley of The Dolls, and Norma Donaldson appeared in Across 110th Street. Leslie McRae (uncredited as the woman who slits Honey's throat) was a frequent actor in the films of Ted V. Mikels and also appeared in the cult films Coffy and Death Race 2000.

Ethel Ayler, who played Willie's aunt, was best known for her role as Bill Cosby's mother on The Cosby Show.

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