Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
DirectorBill Brame
“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.
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BABY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES (1974) Trailer aka JIVE TURKEY
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Cast
Frank De Kova
Big Tony (as Frank deKova)
Paul Harris
Pasha
Frances E. Williams
Moma Lottie (as Frances Williams)
Reginald Farme
Sweetman
Don Edmondson
Serene (as Tawny Tan)
Larry Greene
Jimmy Rush
Ernie Lee Banks
DuDirty (as Ernie Banks)
Karmello Brooks
Romaine
Henry G. Sanders
Sam Kingston (as Henry Sanders)
Pat Edwards
Pearl
Terry Ransom
Little Billy Jones
Curtis Price
Nathan Jones
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