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

Name: If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
Genre: TV Movie, Drama, Comedy
Released: 1972-12-19
Duration: 73 min
Rating: 1
Cast: Donna M. Bryan, James Broderick, Georgia Burke, Laurence Fishburne, Sonny Jim Gaines

12/19/1972 TV Movie, Drama, Comedy 1h 13m

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The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison.

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.

Stanley L. Gray

Writer

Fred Coe

Director