Pie in the Sky
New York's teeming "jungle" ...where kids learn crime from teen-aged "bosses"!
1964 · 86 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama
Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.
Directed by Allen Baron · Written by Allen Baron
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Lee Grant Suzy - R Richard Bray Brill
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Michael Higgins Carl - R Robert Marsach Paco
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Robert Allen Brill's Father -
Sylvia Miles Rose -
Ruth Attaway Farmer's Wife -
Robert Earl Jones Farmer - J Jaime Charlemagne Rick
- C Charles Jordan Artificial Inseminator
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Roscoe Lee Browne Preacher - R Rik Colitti Pickpocket
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