Don't Play Us Cheap

1h 42m
RomanceComedyMusic
6

As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break up the party.

Cast

Esther Rolle
Miss Maybell
Avon Long
Brother Dave
Mabel King
Mrs. Bowser
Rhetta Hughes
Earnestine
Frank Carey
Mr. Johnson
Thomas Anderson
Mr. Percy
Robert Dunn
Mr. Bowser
Jay Van Leer
Mrs. Johnson (as Jay Vanleer)
Joshie Jo Armstead
Mrs. Washington
Joe Keyes Jr.
Trinity (as Joseph Keyes)
George "Ooppee" McCurn
Mr. Washington
Nate Barnett
Guest

Crew

Melvin Van Peebles
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Original Music Composer, Songs, Theatre Play
Robert Maxwell
Director of Photography
Jerry Weissman
Associate Producer
Charles Blackwell
Associate Producer
Mike Lamb
First Assistant Camera
Bernard Johnson
Costume Design
Bernard Johnson
Costume Design
James E. Hinton
Second Unit Director
Todd Scott
Sound
Harold Wheeler
Music Director
Ernest Murray
Production Manager

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