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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

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Calorie Rating: 103
Released: 1972-12-19
Running Time: 73 Minutes


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.

Director / Directors

Fred Coe
Director
B.J. Bachman
Continuity


Cast

Donna M. Bryan
Character: Billie Jean Sims
James Broderick
Character: Trick
Georgia Burke
Character: Grannie

Laurence Fishburne
Character: Fish
Sonny Jim Gaines
Character: Mr. Sims
Arthur French
Character: Customer

Moses Gunn
Character: Mr. Miller
Albert Hall
Character: T-Bone Sims
Dots Johnson
Character: Jim

John Marriott
Character: Jessie
George Miles
Character: Shake-a-Hand
Haywood Nelson
Character: Ronnie

Jim Pelham
Character: Eddie
Joseph Ray
Character: Walkin' Willie
Dick Sabol
Character: Prison Guard


Production and Crew

Richard Merrell
Set Decoration
William Pelt
Production Assistant

Robert Gundlach
Art Direction
Lee Dichter
Sound Mixer
Pamela Susskind
Associate Producer

Michael Lieberman
Director of Photography

Maury Beaumont
Unit Manager
Jake Ostroff
Director of Photography

Hal Schaffel
Production Manager
Jacob Stern
Music Supervisor
Ferd Manning
Lighting Director

Tom Horin
Technical Supervisor
Martin Begley
Supervising Technical Director