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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
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The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison.
1972
1h13m
TV Movie
Drama
Comedy
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.
Status: Released
Release date: December 19, 1972
Countries of origin: United States of America,
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Donna M. Bryan
as Billie Jean Sim...
James Broderick
as Trick
Georgia Burke
as Grannie
Laurence Fishburne
as Fish
Sonny Jim Gaines
as Mr. Sims
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