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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972)
TV Movie | 73 min | Drama

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

TV Movie | 73 min | Drama

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 ...See moreLife 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. Written by Anonymous See less

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Donna M. Bryan Billie Jean Sims Billie Jean Sims See fewer	If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972)
James Broderick Trick Trick See fewer	Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
Georgia Burke Grannie Grannie See fewer	Anna Lucasta (1958)
Laurence Fishburne Fish Fish See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Arthur French Customer Customer See fewer	Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Sonny Jim Gaines Mr. Sims Mr. Sims See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Moses Gunn Mr. Miller Mr. Miller See fewer	Shaft (1971)
Albert Hall T-Bone T-Bone See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Dots Johnson Jim Jim See fewer	No Way Out (1950)
John Marriott Jessie Jessie See fewer	The Little Foxes (1941)
George Miles Shake-a-Hand Shake-a-Hand See fewer	The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
Haywood Nelson Ronnie Ronnie See fewer	What's Happening!! (1976)
Jim Pelham Eddie Eddie See fewer	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
Joseph Ray Walkin' Willie Walkin' Willie See fewer	Come Back Charleston Blue (1972)
Dick Sabol Prison Guard Prison Guard See fewer	Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)