A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her trail. A pudgy momma's boy becomes the object of her affections and the unlikely hero of the tale.
| Directing | Bill Duke | Director |
| Production | Kerry Rock | Producer |
| Camera | Toyomichi Kurita | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Bobby Crawford | Writer |
| Editing | Curtiss Clayton | Editor |
| Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | John Toles-Bey | Writer |
| Production | Stephen Woolley | Producer |
| Art | Steven Legler | Production Design |
| Production | Terry Glinwood | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Art | Nina Ruscio | Art Direction |
| Production | Forest Whitaker | Co-Producer |
| Production | John Nicolella | Co-Producer |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Nik Powell | Executive Producer |
| Production | Aleta Chappelle | Casting |
| Production | William Horberg | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Chester Himes | Novel |
| Production | Ron Stacker Thompson | Associate Producer |
| Art | K.C. Fox | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Henry Kingi | Stunts |
| Crew | Tony Brubaker | Stunts |
| Crew | Henry Kingi Jr. | Stunts |
