If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

TV Movie, Drama, Comedy · 1972

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.

Starring

Fred Coe, Donna M. Bryan, David Susskind, James Broderick, Arline Garson, Lee Dichter, Georgia Burke, Robert Gundlach, Laurence Fishburne

Director

Fred Coe

Producer

David Susskind