Cast & Crew

Directed by

Robert Townsend

Writing Credits

Dom Irrera
(uncredited)
Robert Townsend
(written by)
Keenen Ivory Wayans
(written by)

Cast

Robert Townsend
Bobby Taylor / Jasper / Speed / Sam Ace
Craigus R. Johnson
Stevie Taylor
Helen Martin
Bobby's Grandmother
Starletta DuPois
Bobby's Mother
Marc Figueroa
Sitcom Father / Client #2
Sarah Kaite Coughlan
Sitcom Girlfriend / Rehearsing Actress / Reporter
Sean Michal Flynn
Sitcom Boyfriend
Brad Sanders
Batty Boy
David McKnight
Uncle Ray
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Donald / Jheri Curl
Ludie C. Washington
Tiny
John Witherspoon
Mr. Jones
Anne-Marie Johnson
Lydia / Willie Mae / Hooker #5
Don Reed
Maurice
Kim Wayans
Customer in Chair
Gregory 'Popeye' Alexander
Pimp / Eddie Murphy Type / Afros Gang
Conni Marie Brazelton
Hooker #1 / Beautiful Girl #2
Lorrie Marlow
Hooker #2 / Reporter
Sena Ayn Black
Receptionist / Missy Ann / Woman on Cliff / Hostage #1 / Hooker #3
Lisa Mende
Casting Director
Dom Irrera
Writer
Eugene Robert Glazer
Director / Teacher #1 / Amadeus / Chicago Jones / Dirty Larry (as Eugene R. Glazer)
Roy Fegan
Jesse Wilson / Slave #2 / Zombie Pimp / Beaners Gang
Jesse Aragon
Actor in Audition / Student #1 / Punk #2 / Zombie Pimp / Beaners Gang
Verda Bridges
Actor in Audition / Bessie / Hostage #2 / Hooker #2 / Afros Gang
Rusty Cundieff
Actor in Audition / Slave #1 / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy Type / Beaners Gang
Carl Craig
Actor in Audition / Basketball Player / Eddie Murphy Type / Reporter / Beaners Gang / Fool
Nancy Cheryll Davis
Actor in Audition / Hooker #1 / Debra Jenkins
Tony Edwards
Actor in Audition / Eddie Murphy Type / Afros Gang
Bobby Mardis
Actor in Audition / Basketball Player / Eddie Murphy Type / Afros Gang
Bobby McGee
Actor in Audition / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy Type / Afros Gang
Richard McGregor
Actor in Audition / Zombie Pimp / Eddie Murphy Type / Afros Gang (as Richard 'Romeo' McGregor)
E.J. Murray
Actor in Audition / Beaners Gang (as E.J. Murray Jr.)
Angela Teek
Actor in Audition / Harriet / Hooker #4 / Afros Gang
Grand L. Bush
Mandingo / Ricky Taylor / Hood #5 (as Grand Bush)
Richard Cummings Jr.
Slave #3 / Usher in Theatre / Hood #1
Michael Smith
Student #2 / Zombie Pimp (as Michael T. Smith)
Michael Conn
Teacher #2 / Police Detective #1
Jimmy Woodard
Advance Student / Basketball Player / Tyrone / Punk #3 / Zombie Pimp / Hood #4 / Commercial T.V. Crew
Franklyn Ajaye
Body Guard #1
Damon Wayans
Body Guard #2 / Willie
Michael Colyar
Body Guard #3
Donald Douglass
Basketball Player / Eddie Murphy Type / Afros Gang
Christopher Jackson
Punk #1
Omar W. Hester
Eddie Murphy Type
Kim Genelle
Beautiful Girl #1
Larry Cortinas
Chauffeur / Commercial T.V. Crew
Shirley Ann Jenkins
Cookie's Mother / Wardrobe Person
Nick Stewart
Cookie's Father
Jesse Kitten
Hood #2
Steve James
Hood #3
Le Tari
Rudy
Greg Navé Hartwell
Rehearsing Actor / Commercial T.V. Crew
Jake Blackschmidt
Snake Killer
Howard Allen
Agent #1
Steven Fertig
Agent #2
Michael LaViolette
Wardrobe Man
Paul Mooney
President NAACP
Beverly Brown
Reporter
Charlie Edwards
Reporter
Tamra Naggar
Reporter
Peter Krug
Reporter
Brad Laven
Reporter
Myra J.
Picketer #1
Wren T. Brown
Picketer #2
Tony Livingston
Cordella
Kathleen Clark
Award Presenter
Tammy Kaitz
Model with Award
Lydia Nicole
Make-Up Woman
Mark Westover
1st A. D.
Robert R. Shafer
Commercial Director
Nancy Scher
Client #1
Stephen Adrianson
Commercial T.V. Crew
Jim Beaver
Postal Worker
Beatriz Geraldo
Dancer
Michael C. Matthews
Dancer
Tommy Morgan Jr.
(uncredited)
B.T. Taylor
Dancer

Produced by

Carl Craig
executive producer
Richard Cummings Jr.
associate producer
Robert Townsend
producer

Music by

Udi Harpaz
Patrice Rushen

Cinematography by

Peter Deming

Editing by

W.O. Garrett

Casting By

Jaki Brown
Toni Livingston

Production Design by

Melba Katzman Farquhar

Art Direction by

Melba Katzman Farquhar

Costume Design by

Andre Allen

Makeup Department

Debra Fleming
hair stylist / makeup artist
Carolyn B. Peoples
hair stylist / makeup artist
Tara Posey
hair stylist / makeup artist

Production Management

Carl Craig
production manager
Jim Heinz
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Alexander Townsend
first assistant director

Art Department

Grania Preston
assistant art director
Kim Torbert
assistant art director

Sound Department

Stuart Ablaza
assistant sound editor
Petra Bach
dialogue editor
Jeff Burman
boom operator
Peter Chaikin
additional sound recordist
Paul J. Diller
sound recordist
Stanley B. Gill
sound recordist
Jeffrey J. Haboush
re-recording mixer
Michaele Hogan
assistant sound engineer
Randy Honaker
re-recording mixer
Eileen Horta
adr editor
Sam Horta
supervising sound editor
Greg Jacobs
sound editor
Gary Krivacek
sound editor
Warner E. Leighton
sound editor (as Warner Leighton)
Greg P. Russell
re-recording mixer
William Shaffer
production sound mixer
Randal S. Thomas
foley editor (as Randal Thomas)
Margaret Webb
sound editor (as Margret Webb)
Kerry Dean Williams
sound editor (as Kerry Williams)
Rob Sweet
dialogue recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Nathaniel Bellamy Jr.
still photographer
Stephen Ashley Blake
additional photographer: including "Rambro" sequence (as S.A. Blake)
Danny Chatterton
electrician
Nick Cline
dolly grip
Alicia Craft
assistant camera
Roxanne di Santo
assistant camera (as Roxanne de Santos)
Charlie Edwards
key grip (as Charles R. Edwards)
Don Hayashi
assistant camera
Mark Karen
assistant camera
George B. Kelly
best boy electric
Robert Krey
additional photographer
Michael LaViolette
gaffer
Paulian Amadeus Morris
assistant camera
Chuck Stutts
electrician

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Angela Allen
wardrobe

Editorial Department

Stephen Adrianson
assistant film editor
Vivian Hengsteler
negative cutter
David Stringer
associate film editor
Pamela Winn-Barnett
assistant film editor (as Pamela Winn)

Location Management

Kojo Lewis
location manager

Music Department

Todd Grace
keyboard technician: Ms. Rushen
Udi Harpaz
conductor / orchestrator
Richard Luckey
music editor
Michael Perricone
music mixer / music recordist
Roy Prendergast
music editor

Script and Continuity Department

Kerry Lyn McKissick
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Angela Craig
transportation captain

Additional Crew

Megan Branman
production assistant
Donald Douglass
choreographer
Lydia Nicole
caterer

Thanks

Dijon Aragon
thanks
Clarence Avant
thanks
Jim Beaver
thanks
Nathaniel Bellamy Jr.
thanks
Gina Bolton
thanks
Regan Browning
thanks
Robert Cardenas
thanks
Bob Carmodie
thanks
Bruce Cecil
thanks
Chen Chao-jung
thanks (as Jerry Chan)
Victor Clements
thanks
Dennis Comstock
thanks
Angela Craig
thanks
Freddie L. Davis
thanks
Ed Dector
thanks
Bentley Kyle Evans
thanks
Bill Figgy
thanks
Bob Gantz
thanks
Beatriz Geraldo
thanks (as Beatrice Giraldo)
Barry Haldeman
thanks
Robert Hammond
thanks
Michael Haney
thanks
Ellis Harris
thanks
Michael Scott Henderson
thanks
Omar W. Hester
thanks
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
thanks
Michelle Hinton
thanks
E.J. Jackson
thanks
George Jackson
thanks
Shirley Ann Jackson
thanks
Vivian Johnson
thanks
Lisa Jones
thanks
Quincy Jones
thanks
Verna Jones
thanks
Kojo Lewis
thanks
Robert Looney
thanks
Joyce Maddox
thanks
Fritz Manes
thanks
Patricia Mathews
thanks
Michael C. Matthews
thanks (as Michael Matthews)
Tony McGowan
thanks
Paul Mooney
thanks
Tommy Morgan Jr.
thanks (as Tommy Morgan)
Gail Motley
thanks
Lydia Nicole
thanks
Joe Owens
thanks
Tom Peoples
thanks
Helen Pinkston
thanks
Dennis Ramser
thanks
Robbie Reed
thanks
Michael Rivera
thanks
Keith Rubinstein
thanks
Norma Ruth
thanks
Byrnadette A. Santos
thanks
Michael T. Smith
thanks
Nick Stewart
thanks
Marcelino Sánchez
thanks
Ann Talltree
thanks
B.T. Taylor
thanks
Lori Taylor
thanks
Claes Thulin
thanks
Beverly Todd
thanks
Serge Usher
thanks
John Corey Williams
thanks
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