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.
Top Billed Cast
Donna M. Bryan
Billie Jean Sims
James Broderick
Trick
Georgia Burke
Grannie
Laurence Fishburne
Fish
Sonny Jim Gaines
Mr. Sims
Featured Crew
David Susskind
Producer
Richard Merrell
Set Decoration
William Pelt
Production Assistant
Fred Coe
Director
Robert Gundlach
Art Direction
Lee Dichter
Sound Mixer
Pamela Susskind
Associate Producer
Michael Lieberman
Director of Photography
Blake Norton
Sound
Arline Garson
Editor
Stanley L. Gray
Writer
Maury Beaumont
Unit Manager