Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971·1h 38m
5.2/ 10 (117 votes)
“The Film that THE MAN doesn't want you to see!”
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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.
Trailer
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Writers
Melvin Van Peebles
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Cast
Simon Chuckster
Beetle
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
Mario Van Peebles
The Young Sweetback
John Dullaghan
Commissioner
John Amos
Biker
Lavelle Roby
Rhetta Hughes
Old Girlfriend
Norman Fields
?
Joe Tornatore
?
Mikel Angel
Details
Language
en
Status
Released
Budget
$150,000
Box Office
$15M
