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.

If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972)

Timing: 1:13 (73 min)

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Release date

1972-12-19

Country

United States

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Genre

TV Movie, Drama, Comedy

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Director

Fred Coe

Actors

Donna M. Bryan, James Broderick, Georgia Burke, Laurence Fishburne, Sonny Jim Gaines, Arthur French, Moses Gunn, Albert Hall, Dots Johnson, John Marriott
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Scenario

Stanley L. Gray

Producer

David Susskind

Operator

Michael Lieberman

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Artist

Audition

Editing

Arline Garson
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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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