If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
movie
The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison.
Released December 19, 1972
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.
Cast
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Donna M. Bryan
as
Billie Jean Sims
James Broderick
as
Trick
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Georgia Burke
as
Grannie
Laurence Fishburne
as
Fish
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Sonny Jim Gaines
as
Mr. Sims
Arthur French
as
Customer
Moses Gunn
as
Mr. Miller
Albert Hall
as
T-Bone Sims
Dots Johnson
as
Jim
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John Marriott
as
Jessie
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George Miles
as
Shake-a-Hand
Haywood Nelson
as
Ronnie
Crew
David Susskind
as
Producer
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Richard Merrell
as
Set Decoration
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William Pelt
as
Production Assistant
Fred Coe
as
Director
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Robert Gundlach
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Art Direction
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Lee Dichter
as
Sound Mixer
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Pamela Susskind
as
Associate Producer
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Michael Lieberman
as
Director of Photography
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Blake Norton
as
Sound
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Arline Garson
as
Editor
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Stanley L. Gray
as
Writer
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Maury Beaumont
as
Unit Manager