If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band

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.)

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 Cast

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