Directed by Melvin Van Peebles Written by Melvin Van Peebles   Cast Melvin Van Peebles ... Sweetback Hubert Scales ... Mu-Mu John Dullaghan ... Commissioner Simon Chuckster ... Beetle Mario Van Peebles ... Sweetback / Kid (as Mario Peebles) Max Van Peebles ... Sweetback / Young Rhetta Hughes ... Old Girl Friend John Amos ... Biker (as Johnny Amos) Megan Van Peebles ... Kid (as Megan Peebles) Wesley Gale ... (as West Gale) Lavelle Roby   Ted Hayden   Sonja Dunson   Michael Augustus   Niva Ruschell   Nick Ferrari   Peter Russell   Norman Fields   Ed Rue   Ron Prince   Steve Cole   Joe Tornatore   Mikel Angel ... (as Mike Angel) Jeff Goodman   Curt Matson   Marria Evonee   Jon Jacobs   William Kirschner ... (as Bill Kirschner) Vincent Barbi   Chesley Noone ... (as Chet Norris) Joni Watkins   Jerry Days   John Allen   Bruce Adams   Brer Soul   Edson C. Kurose ... Coronor (as Ed Kurose) Uncredited Cast Maggie Bembry ... Woman Produced by Jerry Gross   Melvin Van Peebles   Original Music by Earth Wind & Fire Melvin Van Peebles

Additional Info Premiere: April 23, 1971 DVD Release: March 18, 2003 Country: Distributor: Sony Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Yeah Distributors Cinemation Industries   (1971) (USA) (theatrical) Xenon Pictures   (1996) (World-wide) (all media) New World Pictures   (1974) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Magnum Entertainment   (1985) (USA) (VHS) The Criterion Collection   (1997) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Xenon Entertainment Group   (2003) (USA) (DVD) Direct Cinema Limited   (USA) (VHS) Image Entertainment   (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Sun Video Corporation (SVC)   (USA) (VHS) Vinegar Syndrome   (2018) (World-wide) (Blu-ray) Vinegar Syndrome   (2018) (World-wide) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.5 / 10 Our Rating 4.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.6 / 10 Female Users 4.6 / 10 Site Ranking #5,515 / 20,869 Ratings Breakdown Mediocre 2 total ratings Site Ranking #5,511 All Grown Up!: Season 2 (2004) #5,512 All Grown Up!: Season 4 (2005) #5,513 All Grown Up!: Season 1 (2003) #5,514 All Grown Up!: Season 5 (2007) #5,515 Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971) #5,516 Out Of Death (2021) #5,517 Deranged (1974) #5,518 Savage Streets (1984) #5,519 Azumi 2: Death Or Love (2005)