Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Age rating
- NC-17
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from "the man" with the help of the ghetto community and some disillusioned Hells Angels.
- police brutality
- mexico
- homophobia
- brothel
- 1970s
- anti hero
- pimp
- black panther party
- on the run
- blaxploitation cinema
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Melvin Van Peebles
Sweetback
Simon Chuckster
Beetle
Mario Van Peebles
Young Sweetback
John Dullaghan
Commissioner
- John Amos — Biker
- Lavelle Roby
- Rhetta Hughes — Old Girlfriend
- Norman Fields
- Joe Tornatore
- Mikel Angel
- William Kirschner
- Vincent Barbi
- Chesley Noone
- Curt Matson — Actor
- Wesley Gale — (as West Gale)
- Directed
- Melvin Van Peebles
- Written
- Melvin Van Peebles
Production
- Rating
- 5.1 / 10 · 123 ratings
- Studio
- Cinemation Industries, Yeah
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
