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.
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.
Directed by Fred Coe · Written by Stanley L. Gray
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Cast
- Donna M. Bryan Billie Jean Sims
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James Broderick Trick - Georgia Burke Grannie
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Laurence Fishburne Fish - Sonny Jim Gaines Mr. Sims
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Arthur French Customer -
Moses Gunn Mr. Miller -
Albert Hall T-Bone Sims -
Dots Johnson Jim -
John Marriott Jessie - George Miles Shake-a-Hand
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Haywood Nelson Ronnie
Make it a double feature
2h 29m together
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
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