The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Spencer Haywood as Basketball Player (New York) Cedric Maxwell as Basketball Player (Boston) Norman Nixon as Basketball Player Michael Haboush as Kid Eating Hot Dog (uncredited) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Marv Albert as Marv Albert Luther Rackley as Basketball Player John W. Iwanonkiw as Fan (uncredited) Shelly Desai as Fedora Mobster #1 Julius Carry as Malik Jamal Truth Jon Hayden as Jogger (uncredited) Richard Foronjy as Mike Clayton Hill as Security Guard Otis Sallid as Calmar / Fishstick Bob Lanier as Basketball Player (Detroit) M. Emmet Walsh as Wally Cantrell Jerry Tarkanian as L.A. Coach Mychal Thompson as Basketball Player (New York) Ken Foree as Pittsburgh Python Player Julius Erving as Moses Guthrie Nicholas Pryor as George Brockington Chick Hearn as Chick Hearn Connie Hawkins as Basketball Player (Los Angeles) Margaret Avery as Toby Millman Lou Hudson as Basketball Player (Los Angeles) Branscombe Richmond as Winston Running Hawk Joe Seneca as Mr. Sweets John Williamson as Basketball Player (Boston) Stockard Channing as Mona Mondieu Dee Dee Bridgewater as Brandy Jack Kehoe as Setshot Flip Wilson as Coach "Jock" Delaney Michael V. Gazzo as Harry the Trainer Jessie Lawrence Ferguson as Jackhammer Washington Alix Elias as Michelle Richard Rossi as Roy (uncredited) Harry Shearer as Murray Sports Jonathan Winters as H.S. / Harvey Tilson Debbie Allen as Ola