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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

Genre:TV MovieDramaComedy

Released:1972-12-19

Runtime:73

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:

Donna M. Bryan

Character: Billie Jean Sims

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James Broderick

Character: Trick

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Georgia Burke

Character: Grannie

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Laurence Fishburne

Character: Fish

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Sonny Jim Gaines

Character: Mr. Sims

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Arthur French

Character: Customer

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Moses Gunn

Character: Mr. Miller

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Albert Hall

Character: T-Bone Sims

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Dots Johnson

Character: Jim

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John Marriott

Character: Jessie

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George Miles

Character: Shake-a-Hand

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Haywood Nelson

Character: Ronnie

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Jim Pelham

Character: Eddie

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Joseph Ray

Character: Walkin' Willie

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Dick Sabol

Character: Prison Guard

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