"A black New York career girl, who has made it big in the fashion world, is torn between her new life "downtown" and her roots in Harlem with an old boyfriend still living there."
Robert Hooks
as Paul
S. Pearl Sharp
as Harriet (as Saundra Sharp)
Dick Anthony Williams
as Danny
Hattie Winston
as Ivy
Morgan Freeman
as Sweet Talk
Anna Maria Horsford
as Monica
Samuel E. Wright
as Scottie
Minnie Gentry
as Emma
Ted Beniades
as Brooks
Lea Scott
as Drug Counselor
Laurie Chock
as Sandy
Pat McNamara
as Delivery Man
Frank Scardino
as Record Producer
Yvonne Warden
as Clerk
Bill Houston
as Cop
Estelle Evans
as Mother
Pat Estwick
as Junkie
Arthur French
as Man at Meeting
Felecia Hunter
as Elsie
Antonia French
as Joanne
Guy Costley
as Ghetto Boy
Stephen Gattanella
as Conga Drummer in Band (uncredited)
Don Sebesky
Music
Robert M. Reitano
Editor
Robert Berger
Supervising Producer
Thomas De Wolfe
Producer
Stephen A. Rotter
Herbert Brodkin
Executive Producer
John Godfrey
Set Decoration
Marvin J. Chomsky
Director
Charles C. Bennett
Art Direction
Dusty Klatt
Property Master
Lynn Lewis Lovett
Script Supervisor
Ted Long
Hairstylist
James 'Packy' Dolan
Gaffer
Dwight Williams
Assistant Director
Preston L. Holmes
Lee Hunkins
Writer
Bruce S. Pustin
Production Manager
Michael Moyse
Sound Editor
Neil L. Kaufman
Sylvia Fay
Extras Casting
John H. Bolz
Sound Mixer
Ed Dessisso
Alan Metzger
Director of Photography
Joseph G. Aulisi
Costume Design
Barbara Towers
Makeup Artist
Dan Sable
Joseph Busheme
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jennifer Nichols
Dick Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dennis Gamiello
Key Grip
Fred Sammut
Scenic Artist
Dan Lerner
Camera Operator