Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However, their method for raising the money involves travelling to New Orleans and rigging a boxing match.
Sidney Poitier
as Clyde Williams
Bill Cosby
as Billy Foster
Calvin Lockhart
as Biggie Smalls
John Amos
as Kansas City Mack
Jimmie Walker
as Bootney Farnsworth
Ossie Davis
as Elder Johnson
Denise Nicholas
as Beth Foster
Lee Chamberlin
as Dee Dee Williams
Mel Stewart
as Ellison
Julius Harris
as Bubbletop Woodson
Paul Harris
as Jody Tipps
Val Avery
as Lt. Bottomley
