If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
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.
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Release
1972-12-19
Cast
Donna M. Bryan
Billie Jean Sims
James Broderick
Trick
Georgia Burke
Grannie
Laurence Fishburne
Fish
Sonny Jim Gaines
Mr. Sims
Arthur French
Customer
Moses Gunn
Mr. Miller
Albert Hall
T-Bone Sims
Dots Johnson
Jim
John Marriott
Jessie
George Miles
Shake-a-Hand
Haywood Nelson
Ronnie
Jim Pelham
Eddie
Joseph Ray
Walkin' Willie
Dick Sabol
Prison Guard
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