If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison.
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December 19, 1972
1h 13m
Overview
Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Growing up among drug pushers, prostitutes, and pimps, Billie Jean still has some things going for her: fierce pride, a loyal friend named Fish, and, at last, enough savings to visit her father 1200 miles away in prison.
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Cast
Donna M. Bryan
Billie Jean Sims
James Broderick
TrickGeorgia Burke
Grannie
Laurence Fishburne
FishSonny Jim Gaines
Mr. Sims
Arthur French
Customer
Moses Gunn
Mr. Miller
Albert Hall
T-Bone Sims
Dots Johnson
Jim
John Marriott
JessieGeorge Miles
Shake-a-Hand
Haywood Nelson
RonnieJim Pelham
EddieJoseph Ray
Walkin' WillieDick Sabol
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