If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

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

TV MovieDramaComedy

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.

Director: Fred Coe

Casts

	Donna M. Bryan as Billie Jean Sims
	James Broderick as Trick
	Georgia Burke as Grannie
	Laurence Fishburne as Fish
	Sonny Jim Gaines as Mr. Sims
	Arthur French as Customer
	Moses Gunn as Mr. Miller
	Albert Hall as T-Bone Sims
	Dots Johnson as Jim
	John Marriott as Jessie
	George Miles as Shake-a-Hand
	Haywood Nelson as Ronnie
	Jim Pelham as Eddie
	Joseph Ray as Walkin' Willie
	Dick Sabol as Prison Guard

Crew