Cast & crew
Don't Play Us Cheap (1973)
Directed by Melvin Van Peebles Written by Melvin Van Peebles
Cast
| Avon Long | Shrimper's Brother |
| Esther Rolle | Maybell |
| Mabel King | Bowser |
| Rhetta Hughes | Earnestine |
| Frank Carey | Merle Johnson |
| Thomas Anderson | Mr. Vornick |
| Robert Dunn | Bowser |
| Jay Van Leer | Merle Johnson |
| Joshie Jo Armstead | L.J. Washington |
| Joe Keyes Jr. | Trinity |
| George "Ooppee" McCurn | L.J. Washington |
| Nate Barnett | Male Guest |
Crew
| Melvin Van Peebles | Original Music Composer |
| Mike Lamb | First Assistant Camera |
| Jerry Weissman | Associate Producer |
| Charles Blackwell | Associate Producer |
| Harold Wheeler | Music Director |
| Bernard Johnson | Costume Design |
| Melvin Van Peebles | Theatre Play |
| Robert Maxwell | Director of Photography |
| James E. Hinton | Second Unit Director |
| Ernest Murray | Production Manager |
| Bernard Johnson | Costume Design |
| Melvin Van Peebles | Screenplay |
| Melvin Van Peebles | Director |
| Melvin Van Peebles | Editor |
| Todd Scott | Sound |
| Melvin Van Peebles | Songs |