Book of Numbers (1973)

Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.

Director:

Raymond St. Jacques

Writers:

Robert Deane Pharr (novel), Larry Spiegel

Stars:

Raymond St. Jacques, Philip Michael Thomas, Freda Payne

Cast

Credited cast:
Raymond St. Jacques	...	Blueboy Harris
Philip Michael Thomas	...	Dave Green
Freda Payne	...	Kelly Simms
D'Urville Martin
Sterling St. Jacques	...	Kid Flick
Gilbert Green
Irma P. Hall	...	Georgia Brown
Doug Finell	...	Eggy
Willie Washinton Jr.	...	Makepeace Johnson
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hope Clarke	...	Pigmeat Goins
Reginald T. Dorsey	...	Junebug
David Magnuson	...	Hoodlum #2
Dan Hewitt Owens	...	Baliff (as Dan Owens)
John Raymond Taylor	...	Prosecuting Attorney

Storyline

Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.

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Plot Keywords:

arkansas | waiter | numbers racket | great depression | depression | 

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Taglines:

The Black King of the Numbers Game

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 January 1979 (Portugal)

Also Known As:

Blueboy & Companhia Lda.

Filming Locations:

Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

AVCO Embassy Pictures, Brut Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Irma P. Hall was cast after Raymond St. Jacques saw her speak at a poetry reading. Hall was a schoolteacher who had never acted before.

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Connections

Featured in Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 5 (1998)

User Reviews

I was in this movie and helped produce it

I played the Prosecuting Attorney in the Courtroom scene ,,,"nip this in the bud" was one of my lines that became a byword around the set after that scene was filmed. Phillip Michael Thomas and Denise Gordy were very nice people, young "comers", as it were, at the time. It's a shame the film never saw wide release---at the time I think it might have had something to do with this being St. Jacques's first directorial/producing effort, he went over budget and over time, I think, and only finished it with enormous help from Marty Hornstein who replaced Clyde Houston (who got me into it way above my skill level---I was an actor, but Clyde also used me as location, car, and general Texas wrangler) as AD. Brut Productions, the money guys, had some issues with Raymond (which wouldn't have been hard to do), and that probably caused some editing and/or release problems. It was a full script, with a good story---I have no idea why it ran so short. I never saw even a rough cut.