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.
1972 | 73m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Fred Coe |
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| Writer: | Stanley L. Gray |
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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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 19, 1972 |
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| Director: | Fred Coe |
| Writer: | Stanley L. Gray |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, TV Movie |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 (Update) Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| B.J. Bachman | Continuity |
| Martin Begley | Supervising Technical Director |
| Robert Gundlach | Art Direction |
| Blake Norton | Sound |
| Richard Merrell | Set Decoration |
| Ferd Manning | Lighting Director |
| Jake Ostroff | Director of Photography |
| Tom Horin | Technical Supervisor |
| Michael Lieberman | Director of Photography |
| Hal Schaffel | Production Manager |
| Lee Dichter | Sound Mixer |
| William Pelt | Production Assistant |
| Fred Coe | Director |
| Jacob Stern | Music Supervisor |
| Maury Beaumont | Unit Manager |
| Arline Garson | Editor |
| Stanley L. Gray | Writer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| David Susskind | Producer |
| Pamela Susskind | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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