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

"The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison." 19 December 1972 Drama, Comedy, TV Movie 73 mins

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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Cast

Donna M. Bryan as Billie Jean Sims

James Broderick as Trick

Georgia Burke as Grannie

Laurence Fishburne as Fish

Sonny Jim Gaines as Mr. Sims

Arthur French as Customer

Moses Gunn as Mr. Miller

Albert Hall as T-Bone Sims

Dots Johnson as Jim

John Marriott as Jessie

George Miles as Shake-a-Hand

Haywood Nelson as Ronnie

Jim Pelham as Eddie

Joseph Ray as Walkin' Willie

Dick Sabol as Prison Guard

Crew

David Susskind Producer

Pamela Susskind Associate Producer

Michael Lieberman Director of Photography

Jake Ostroff Director of Photography

Arline Garson Editor

Fred Coe Director

Stanley L. Gray Writer

Robert Gundlach Art Direction

Richard Merrell Set Decoration

Maury Beaumont Unit Manager

William Pelt Production Assistant

Hal Schaffel Production Manager

Lee Dichter Sound Mixer

Blake Norton Sound

Ferd Manning Lighting Director

International Releases Dates

United States 19 December 1972

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