Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
"The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see!"
1971
1h 38m
5.2
US
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$150K
$150,000
Revenue
$15.2M
$15,200,000
Languages
English
Studio
Yeah
Key Crew
Melvin Van Peebles
Producer
Melvin Van Peebles
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Screenplay
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
Rhetta Hughes
Old Girlfriend
Norman Fields
Joe Tornatore
M
Mikel Angel
William Kirschner
Vincent Barbi
C
Chesley Noone
C
Curt Matson
Actor
Wesley Gale
(as West Gale)
