- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1981-09-29
- Director: Harry Falk
- Writers: Phyllis Minoff (story) , Melvin Van Peebles , John A. Williams (novel)
- Language: English
- Stars: Bernie Casey , Sonny Jim Gaines , Roosevelt Grier , Rosalind Cash , Bibi Besch , Ja’net DuBois , Robert Hooks , Thalmus Rasulala , Ron O’Neal , Janet MacLachlan
- Runtime: 240 min
- Awards: 1 win
- AKA: The Sophisticated Gents (United States of America) , The Sophisticated Gents (Germany) , The Sophisticated Gents
- Plot: Nine members of an athletic social club for black youth reunite twenty-five years later to honor their former coach, but the reunion is marred by a number of undercurrents, including a murder investigation.
- IMDB:tt0083108
The Sophisticated Gents Cast · · · ALL
Sonny Jim Gaines
Coach Charles 'Chappie' Davis
Paul Winfield
Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins
Bernie Casey
Shurley Walker
Roosevelt Grier
Cudjo Evers
Thalmus Rasulala
Kenneth 'Snake' Dobson
Robert Hooks
Ezra 'Chops' Jackson
Raymond St. Jacques
D'Artagnan 'Dart' Parks
Ron O’Neal
Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
Melvin Van Peebles
Walter 'Moon' Porter
Dick Anthony Williams
Ralph Joplin
Rosalind Cash
Christine Jackson
Ja’net DuBois
Onetha Wiggins
Alfre Woodard
Evelyn Evers
Joanna Miles
Sandra Dobson
Janet MacLachlan
Diane Walker
Bibi Besch
Simone Parks
Denise Nicholas
Pat Henderson
Marlene Warfield
Lil Joplin
Beah Richards
(1920–2000)
Mae Porter
Albert Hall
Det. Swoop Ferguson
Harry Guardino
Vice Detective Collins
Robert Earl Jones
Big Ralph Joplin
Al Fann
Sugar
John Zaremba
Mayor Farrington
Charles Blackwell
Heflin