Full Cast & Crew
Top Billed Cast
Full Cast
Paul Bates
Saul Jeffreys
Justin Pierre Edmund
Jeremiah Biggs
Lionel Richie
Britsloe
Victor Williams
Robbie
Shari Headley
Arlene Chattan
Marcella Lowery
Anna Eldridge
Cissy Houston
Mrs. Havergal
Charlotte d'Amboise
Debbie Paige
Helmar Augustus Cooper
Johnson Keeley
Jernard Burks
Pizza Man
Aaron A. McConnaughey
Teen
Lex Monson
Osbert
Darvel Davis Jr.
Hakim
William James Stiggers Jr.
Billy Eldridge
Shyheim Franklin
Teen
Taral Hicks
Teen
Kennan Scott
Teen
Michael Alexander Jackson
Robber
Jamie Tirelli
Liquor Store Owner
Lizan Mitchell
Judge
Robert Colston
Bailiff
Juliehera DeStefano
Receptionist
Delores Mitchell
Mary Halford
David Langston Smyrl
Hanley's Waiter
Harsh Nayyar
Christmas Tree Man
Mervyn Warren
Pianist
Roy Haynes
Drummer
George Coleman
Sax Player
Ted Dunbar
Guitar Player
Jamil Nasser
Bass Player
Mary Bond Davis
Bernita
Toukie Smith
Teleprompter Operator
Rutha Harris
St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member
Jacqueline Martin
St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member
Teretha G. Houston
St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member
Sharon A. Mitchell
St. Matthew's Choir & Band Member
Steven Brown
Drummer
Dwain L. White
Organist
Tania McDonald-Tomlinson
Sheep - Nativity Choir (as Brittany Anderson)
Mark Gilbert
Wise Man - Nativity Choir
Michael Marshall
Wise Man - Nativity Choir
Kevin Mitchell
Painting Singer
Debbie Benitez
Store Owner's Wife (uncredited)
Marianne Hettinger
Robbery Witness (uncredited)
Anibal O. Lleras
Pizza Man (uncredited)
David Madison
Defendant (uncredited)
Adam Alexi-Malle
Robbery Witness (uncredited)
John Rowe Jr.
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Derrick Simmons
Robber (uncredited)
Ronald Sylvers
Congregation Member (uncredited)
Crew
Penny Marshall
Director
Robert Nathan
Novel
Nat Mauldin
Screenplay
Allan Scott
Screenplay
George Bowers
Editor
Stephen A. Rotter
Editor
Bill Groom
Production Design
Dennis Bradford
Art Direction
George DeTitta Jr.
Set Decoration
Cynthia Flynt
Costume Design
Dennis Drummond
Supervising Sound Editor
Hans Zimmer
Original Music Composer
H.H. Cooper
Second Assistant Director
Robert E. Sherwood
Original Film Writer
Leonardo Bercovici
Original Film Writer
Elliot Abbott
Executive Producer
Timothy M. Bourne
Co-Producer
Debra Martin Chase
Co-Producer
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Producer
Robert Greenhut
Executive Producer
Bonnie Hlinomaz
Associate Producer
Larry M. Cherry
Hairstylist
Lisa Hazell
Assistant Hairstylist
Michele Paris
Makeup Artist
Edna Sheen
Makeup Artist
Kenneth Walker
Key Hair Stylist
Ellie Winslow
Makeup Artist
Donald De Line
Executive In Charge Of Production
Debra D. Jeffreys
Assistant Production Manager
Amy Lemisch
Unit Production Manager
John Bard Manulis
Executive In Charge Of Production
Paula Herold
Casting
Stephanie Corsalini
Casting Associate
Miroslav Ondříček
Director of Photography