Ella

Maria Celedonio

Joe

Tim Reid

Uncle Buddy

Robert Guillaume

Alphonso

Vonte Sweet

Brenda

Vonetta McGee

Coach Dawson

Daphne Maxwell Reid

Hubie

Zero Hubbard

Ricki Sewell

Tyra Ferrell

Cindy

LaVerne Anderson

Janet Mickens

Rosalind Cash

Buck

Roscoe Lee Browne

Gus

Brock Peters

Tamara

Marquita Terry

Baseball Announcer (voice)

Don Drysdale

Thaddeus

Fred Pinkard

Jesse

Whitman Mayo

George

George Kirby

Ella DuChamps (voice)

Della Reese

Cashier

Anne Betancourt

Creole Kid

Eric Chambers