If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
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Directed by Fred Coe
The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Donna M. Bryan
Donna M. BryanBillie Jean Sims
James BroderickTrickGeorgia Burke
Georgia BurkeGrannie
Laurence FishburneSonny Jim Gaines
Sonny Jim GainesMr. Sims
Arthur FrenchCustomer
Moses GunnMr. Miller
Albert HallT-Bone Sims
Dots JohnsonJim
John MarriottJessieGeorge Miles
George MilesShake-a-Hand
Haywood NelsonRonnieExplore the crew
- Producer
- David Susskind
- Director of Photography
- Michael Lieberman
- Director of Photography
- Jake Ostroff
- Editor
- Arline Garson
- Director
- Fred Coe
- Writer
- Stanley L. Gray