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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

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: 1972

Rating: 1.0

Genre: TV Movie, Drama, Comedy

Duration: 73 min

Country: United States of America

Production: N/A

No trailer available.

Cast

Donna M. Bryan

Donna M. Bryan

as Billie Jean Sims

James Broderick

James Broderick

as Trick

Georgia Burke

Georgia Burke

as Grannie

Laurence Fishburne

Laurence Fishburne

as Fish

Sonny Jim Gaines

Sonny Jim Gaines

as Mr. Sims

Arthur French

Arthur French

as Customer

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