+18Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
5.11h 38mMarch 31, 1971
“YOU BLED MY MOMMA. YOU BLED MY POPPA. BUT YOU WONT BLEED ME.”
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
Studio
Cinemation Industries
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$15M
Status
Released
Budget & Revenue
Budget
$0.1M
Revenue
$15.2M
Box Office Multiplier
101.3x
Budget ($0.1M)Revenue ($15.2M)
Community Score
Top Rated
5.1 / 10
Total Votes
123
Popularity
0
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Cast
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
Simon Chuckster
Beetle
Mario Van Peebles
Young Sweetback
John Dullaghan
Commissioner
John Amos
Biker
Lavelle Roby
Rhetta Hughes
Old Girlfriend
Norman Fields
Joe Tornatore
Mikel Angel
William Kirschner
Vincent Barbi
Chesley Noone
Curt Matson
Actor
Wesley Gale
(as West Gale)
