Film · 1974

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

Name: Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
Director: Bill Brame
Genre: Thriller, Action, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1974-11-01

86 min · Directed by Bill Brame · R

Thriller Action Crime Comedy Drama

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Feeling great...Walking tall...Hit my number, That's all!

In 1950s Harlem a vicious Italian gangster (Frank deKova) tries to muscle in on a black racketeer's (Paul Harris) numbers game.

Cast

Frank De Kova

Big Tony (as Frank deKova)

Paul Harris

Pasha

Frances E. Williams

Moma Lottie (as Frances Williams)

R

Reginald Farme

Sweetman

D

Don Edmondson

Serene (as Tawny Tan)

L

Larry Greene

Jimmy Rush

Ernie Lee Banks

DuDirty (as Ernie Banks)

K

Karmello Brooks

Romaine

Henry G. Sanders

Sam Kingston (as Henry Sanders)

P

Pat Edwards

Pearl

T

Terry Ransom

Little Billy Jones

C

Curtis Price

Nathan Jones

O

Onezene 'Ben' Geyen

Reverend Axle

R

Ronald Ransom

Gambler

C

Cal Wilson

Young Dude

Crew

Director: Bill Brame
Producer: Howard Ransom, Edith Ransom
Writer: Fredricka DeCosta, Elizabeth Ransom
Casting: Talmadge Spratt
Editor: Bill Brame, Rudolph Cusumano
Cinematography: Robert Caramico
Art Direction: Sterling Franck

Details

Studios: Ransom, First American Films
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Certification: R
Release: November 1, 1974

Themes

blaxploitation cinema

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