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title: "When We Were Kings: cast and crew"
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cast: 27
crew: 18
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# When We Were Kings (1996): cast and crew

27 cast and 18 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Muhammad Ali](https://film.one/person/muhammad-ali.md) as Self
- [George Foreman](https://film.one/person/george-foreman.md) as Self
- [Don King](https://film.one/person/don-king.md) as Self
- [James Brown](https://film.one/person/james-brown.md) as Self
- [B.B. King](https://film.one/person/b-b-king.md) as Self
- [Spike Lee](https://film.one/person/spike-lee.md) as Self
- [Mobutu Sese Seko](https://film.one/person/mobutu-sese-seko.md) as Self
- [Norman Mailer](https://film.one/person/norman-mailer.md) as Self
- [George Plimpton](https://film.one/person/george-plimpton.md) as Self
- [Malick Bowens](https://film.one/person/malick-bowens.md) as Self
- [Lloyd Price](https://film.one/person/lloyd-price-1196305.md) as Self
- [Miriam Makeba](https://film.one/person/miriam-makeba.md) as Self
- Drew Bundini Brown as Self
- Odessa Clay as Self
- Howard Cosell as Self
- Wilton Felder as Self
- Wayne Henderson as Self
- Stix Hooper as Self
- Stewart Levin as Self
- Alan Pariser as Self
- Danny 'Big Black' Rey as Self
- Dick Sadler as Self
- Joe Sample as Self
- Philippé Wynne as Self
- Archie Moore as Self
- Lola Love as Self
- Patrice Lumumba as Self

## Directing

- [Leon Gast](https://film.one/person/leon-gast.md): Director

## Writing

- [Leon Gast](https://film.one/person/leon-gast.md): Writer

## Production

- David Sonenberg: Executive Producer
- [Taylor Hackford](https://film.one/person/taylor-hackford.md): Producer
- [Leon Gast](https://film.one/person/leon-gast.md): Producer
- Vikram Jayanti: Co-Producer
- [Keith Robinson](https://film.one/person/keith-robinson-1708073.md): Co-Producer

## Camera

- [Paul Goldsmith](https://film.one/person/paul-goldsmith-65610.md): Director of Photography
- [Maryse Alberti](https://film.one/person/maryse-alberti.md): Director of Photography
- [Kevin Keating](https://film.one/person/kevin-keating.md): Director of Photography
- [Roderick Young](https://film.one/person/roderick-young.md): Director of Photography
- [Albert Maysles](https://film.one/person/albert-maysles.md): Director of Photography
- Joe Arcidiacono: Assistant Camera

## Editing

- [Leon Gast](https://film.one/person/leon-gast.md): Editor
- [Taylor Hackford](https://film.one/person/taylor-hackford.md): Editor
- [Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-kusama-hinte.md): Editor
- [Keith Robinson](https://film.one/person/keith-robinson-1708073.md): Editor

## Crew

- Jamie Ware Billett: Post Production Assistant

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