If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison.
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.
Donna M. Bryan
Billie Jean Sims
Georgia Burke
Grannie
Sonny Jim Gaines
Mr. Sims
John Marriott
Jessie
George Miles
Shake-a-Hand
Jim Pelham
Eddie
Joseph Ray
Walkin' Willie
Dick Sabol
Prison Guard
Pamela Susskind
Associate Producer
Michael Lieberman
Director of Photography
Jake Ostroff
Director of Photography
Arline Garson
Editor
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
Jacob Stern
Music Supervisor
B.J. Bachman
Continuity
Tom Horin
Technical Supervisor
Martin Begley
Supervising Technical Director