耐特·金·科尔

Nat 'King' Cole

饰：W.C. Handy

艾萨·凯特

Eartha Kitt

饰：Gogo Germaine

凯比·卡洛威

Cab Calloway

饰：Blade

艾拉·费兹杰拉

Ella Jane Fitzgerald

饰：Singer

马哈丽亚·杰克逊

Mahalia Jackson

饰：Bessie May

露比·迪

Ruby Dee

饰：Elizabeth

华诺·埃尔南德斯

Juano Hernandez

饰：Rev. Charles Handy

Teddy Buckner

饰：Musician

Barney Bigard

饰：Musician

George 'Red' Callender

饰：Musician

Lee Young

饰：Musician

George Washington

饰：Musician

比利·普林斯顿

Billy Preston

饰：Will Handy as a boy

珀尔·贝利

Pearl Bailey

饰：Aunt Hagar

康斯坦丁·巴卡利内可夫

C. Bakaleinikoff

饰：Himself (uncredited)

Bill Baldwin Sr.

Bill Baldwin Sr.

饰：Attorney Mawson (uncredited) (as Bill Baldwin Sr.)

Roy Glenn

Roy Glenn

饰：Bull Neck (uncredited)

杰斯特·海尔斯顿

Jester Hairston

饰：Choir member (uncredited)

Sam McDaniel

饰：Drunk (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

饰：McInerny (uncredited)

Arthur Space

饰：Fred Duckett (uncredited)

Nick Stewart

饰：Drunk (uncredited)

Hal Taggart

饰：Ticket seller (uncredited)

Morgan Roberts

Buck Woods

Bobby Johnson

William E. Green

比尔·鲍德温

Bill Baldwin