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Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
★ 5.1/10•1971•1h 38m•NC-17•Action•Crime•Drama

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.

Melvin Van Peebles · Director

Melvin Van Peebles · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 38m
LanguageEN
Release DateMar 31, 1971
Budget$150,000
Revenue$15,200,000

Actors

Melvin Van Peebles

Melvin Van Peebles

Sweetback

Simon Chuckster

Simon Chuckster

Beetle

Mario Van Peebles

Mario Van Peebles

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

Mikel Angel

William Kirschner

William Kirschner

Vincent Barbi

Vincent Barbi

Chesley Noone

Curt Matson

Actor

Wesley Gale

(as West Gale)

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