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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song(1971)

YOU BLED MY MOMMA. YOU BLED MY POPPA. BUT YOU WONT BLEED ME.

5.2(119)1h 38m1971-03-31

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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.

Director:: Melvin Van Peebles
Writers:: Melvin Van Peebles
Producers:: Jerry Gross, Melvin Van Peebles
Cinematographer:: Robert Maxwell
Composer:: Melvin Van Peebles
Production:: Cinemation Industries, Yeah
Budget:: $150,000
Revenue:: $15,200,000
Status:: Released

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Cast

Simon Chuckster

Simon Chuckster

Beetle

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Sweetback

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles

The Young Sweetback

John Dullaghan

John Dullaghan

Commissioner

John Amos

John Amos

Biker

Lavelle Roby

Lavelle Roby

Rhetta Hughes

Rhetta Hughes

Old Girlfriend

Norman Fields

Norman Fields

Joe Tornatore

Joe Tornatore

Mikel Angel

Mikel Angel

William Kirschner

William Kirschner

Vincent Barbi

Vincent Barbi