Gravedigger Jones et Coffin Ed Johnson sont deux détectives détestables qui écument les rues de Harlem.


D'après un roman de Chester Himes.

Réalisé par
Ossie Davis

Scénaristes
(in alphabetical order)
Ossie Davis writer
Chester Himes novel
Arnold Perl writer

Ensemble (in credits order) verified as complete
Godfrey Cambridge... Gravedigger Jones
Raymond St. Jacques... Coffin Ed Johnson
Calvin Lockhart... Rev. Deke O'Malley
Judy Pace... Iris

Redd Foxx... Uncle Bud / Booker Washington Sims
Emily Yancy... Mabel

John Anderson... Bryce
Lou Jacobi... Goodman

Eugene Roche... Anderson
J.D. Cannon... Calhoun
Mabel Robinson... Billie
Dick Sabol... Jarema
Cleavon Little... Lo Boy
Teddy Wilson... Barry (as Theodore Wilson)
Maxwell Glanville... Caspar
Arnold Williams... Hi Jenks
Van Kirksey... Early Riser (as Van Kriksey)
Helen Martin... Church Sister
Irwin C. Watson... Minister
Gertrude Jeannette... Sister Minnie
Leonardo Cimino... Tom
Simm Landres... Luddy
Turk Turpin... Dum Dum
Tommy Lane...'44' (as Tom Lane)
Gilbert Lewis... 1st Black Beret
Wally Taylor... 2nd Black Beret
William Pratt... 3rd Black Beret
Lisle Wilson... 4th Black Beret
John D. Anthony... 5th Black Beret
Anthony Chisholm... Black Plainclothesman

Tony Brubaker... John Hill (as Anthony Brubaker)
Jonelle Allen... Secretary
Walter Scott Jr.... Cowboy
Jimmy Hayeson... Wino
Lawrence Cook... 1st Young Black Man
Vincent Hamill... Lead picket
Rudy Townsend... 2nd Picket
Vernee Watson-Johnson... Woman (as Vernee Watson)
Ernest Marks... Man
Al Fann... Billie Boy
Alyce Webb... Angry Woman
Louis Whitman... Chicken Man
Kenneth Manigault... Traveling Man
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Gene Lindsey... Luddy
Frederick O'Neal
Vinnette Carroll... Reba (uncredited)
Harold Gaetano... Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Stanley Greene... Chep (uncredited)

Albert Hall... Backround Detective (uncredited)
Melba Moore... Singer at the Apollo Theater (uncredited)
Lee Steele... Sidewalk Fur Coat Salesman (uncredited)
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Produit par
Samuel Goldwyn Jr..... producer

Musique originale
Galt MacDermot

Image
Gerald Hirschfeld

Montage
Robert Q. Lovett

Direction artistique
Emanuel Gerard

Création des costumes
Anna Hill Johnstone

Maquillage
Irvin Carlton.... makeup artist
Walter Fountain.... hair stylist: Miss Pace

Directeur de production
Stanley Neufeld.... executive in charge of production

Assistant réalisateur
Sam Bennerson.... second assistant director
John Cates.... second assistant director
Dominic D'Antonio.... assistant director
Alan Hopkins.... assistant director
Max Kleven.... second unit director

Art Department
Robert Drumheller.... set dresser
Sheldon Haber.... sketch artist
Clint Marshall.... property master
Bruno Robotti.... scenic artist

Technicien du son
Newton Avrutis.... production sound mixer
Robert Rogow.... boom operator (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
Ira Anderson Jr..... special effects

Cascadeur
Max Kleven.... stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Enrique Bravo.... camera operator
Gil Geller.... photographer: second unit
Ron Zarilla.... second assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Vic Ramos.... extras casting (as Victor Ramos Jr.)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gertha Brock.... wardrobe coordinator
Catherine Gaudio.... set wardrobe

Editorial Department
John Carter.... associate editor
Barry Malkin.... associate editor
Marquis Shelton.... assistant editor

Music Department
George Adams.... music editor

Divers
Stanley E. Campbell.... location coordinator (as Stanley Campbell)
Al Fann.... assistant to producer
Roger Furman.... assistant to producer
Louis Johnson.... choreographer
Noni Rock.... production secretary
Bert Schneiderman.... production accountant
John Shabazz.... community relations
Julia Tucker.... continuity

Crew believed to be complete