Don't Play Us Cheap

"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

as Miss Maybell

Avon Long

as Brother Dave

Mabel King

as Mrs. Bowser

Rhetta Hughes

as Earnestine

Frank Carey

as Mr. Johnson

Thomas Anderson

as Mr. Percy

Robert Dunn

as Mr. Bowser

Jay Van Leer

as Mrs. Johnson (as Jay Vanleer)

Joshie Jo Armstead

as Mrs. Washington

Joe Keyes Jr.

as Trinity (as Joseph Keyes)

George "Ooppee" McCurn

as Mr. Washington

Nate Barnett

as Guest

Crew

Melvin Van Peebles

Director

Bernard Johnson

Costume Design

Robert Maxwell

Director of Photography

Jerry Weissman

Associate Producer

Charles Blackwell

Associate Producer

Harold Wheeler

Music Director

Melvin Van Peebles

Editor

Bernard Johnson

Costume Design

Melvin Van Peebles

Theatre Play

Todd Scott

Sound

Mike Lamb

First Assistant Camera

James E. Hinton

Second Unit Director

Melvin Van Peebles

Screenplay

Ernest Murray

Production Manager

Melvin Van Peebles

Songs

Melvin Van Peebles

Original Music Composer