Dos tramposos con su suerte (1975)
Clyde Williams y Billy Foster deciden reunir dinero para financiar la comunidad fraternal "Hijos e hijas de Shaka Lodge". Para ello, van a Nueva Orleáns a organizar un gran combate de boxeo, si bien, el objetivo final son las apuestas. Mientras tanto, se sirven de las dotes de hipnotizador de Clyde, para convertir en boxeador al escuálido y desamparado Bootney Farnsworth. Con sus tretas consiguen atraer la atención del capo de la mafia Biggie Smalls que, al ver a Bootney, apuesta una gran suma de dinero en su contra, mientras que los dos timadores apuestan todo su dinero por él. Bajo los efectos de la hipnosis, Bootney se transforma hasta tal punto que gana el combate. Clyde y Billy regresan a Atlanta con el dinero de las apuestas, pero la banda de Biggie descubre el engaño y va tras ellos para recuperarlo.
Directora:
Sidney Poitier
Escritor:
Richard Wesley
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Sidney Poitier as Clyde Williams |
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Bill Cosby as Billy Foster |
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Calvin Lockhart as Biggie Smalls |
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John Amos as Kansas City Mack |
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Jimmie Walker as Bootney Farnsworth |
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Ossie Davis as Elder Johnson |
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Denise Nicholas as Beth Foster |
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Lee Chamberlin as Dee Dee Williams |
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Mel Stewart as Ellison |
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Julius Harris as Bubbletop Woodson |
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Paul Harris as Jody Tipps |
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Val Avery as Lt. Bottomley |
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George Foreman as Factory Worker |
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Med Flory as Rufus |
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Erica Hagen as Girl in Hotel |
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Jayne Kennedy as Girl at Factory |
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Rodolphus Lee Hayden as 40th St. Black |
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Morgan Roberts as Fish an' Chips Freddie |
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Talya Ferro as Biggie's Crony #1 |
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Doug Johnson as Biggie's Crony #2 |
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Richard Young as Biggie's Crony #3 |
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Cedric Scott as Biggie's Crony #4 |
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Billy Eckstine as Zack |
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Jimmy Lennon Sr. as Fight Announcer |
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Hilda Haynes as Telephone Operator |
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Jophery C. Brown as Bootney Farnsworth's Trainer (uncredited) |
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Rozelle Gayle as Exhibition Boxing Match Announcer (uncredited) |
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Birdie M. Hale as Switchboard Operator (uncredited) |
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Bob Harks as Guard (uncredited) |
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Rosanne Katon as (uncredited) |
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Woni Spotts as Child (uncredited) |
| Directing | Sidney Poitier | Director |
| Art | Alfred Sweeney | Production Design |
| Production | Pembroke J. Herring | Producer |
| Writing | Timothy March | Story |
| Writing | Richard Wesley | Screenplay |
| Editing | Pembroke J. Herring | Editor |
| Production | Melville Tucker | Producer |
| Production | Alan Shayne | Casting |
| Art | Ruby R. Levitt | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Yvonne Staples | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Roebuck 'Pops' Staples | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Cleotha Staples | Theme Song Performance |
| Sound | Mavis Staples | Theme Song Performance |
| Crew | Charles Spurgeon | Special Effects |
| Camera | Donald M. Morgan | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Bob Minor | Stunts |
| Crew | Gene LeBell | Stunts |
| Crew | Jophery C. Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Henry Kingi | Stunt Coordinator |
| Sound | Curtis Mayfield | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Sound |
