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Bustin' Loose
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Overview

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Director:
Oz Scott
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Writers:
Lonne Elder III (adaptation)
Richard Pryor (story)
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Release Date:
22 May 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
He's mad, he's bad, and he's Bustin' Loose!
Plot:
Joe Braxton is an ex-con who has been given a second chance to freedom after violating his probation... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Another Great Comedy Starring Richard Pryor more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Richard Pryor ... Joe Braxton

Cicely Tyson ... Vivian Perry
Ángel Ramírez ... Julio
Jimmy Hughes ... Harold
Edwin DeLeon ... Ernesto
Edwin Kinter ... Anthony
Tami Luchow ... Linda
Janet Wong ... Annie
Alphonso Alexander ... Martin
Kia Cooper ... Samantha
Robert Christian ... Donald
George Coe ... Doctor Wilson T. Renfrew
Bill Quinn ... Judge Antonio Runzuli
Roy Jenson ... Klan Leader
Fred Carney ... Alfred Schuyler
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Family Dreams (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Trivia:
During production of this film, Richard Pryor suffered serious injury when he accidentally set himself on fire in a drug-related mishap. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Joe Braxton is hanging on the side of the bus as it begins to go down the hill, you can clearly see the cable of his safety harness attached to the rail of the bus. more
Quotes:
Joe Braxton: [yelling at the kids after they learned of the possible farm loss and are whining amongst themselves] Shut up!
Ernesto: [to Joe] Go take a hike!
Joe Braxton: [smacks him across the face hard enough to knock him down] Shut up!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986) more
Soundtrack:
Qual E Malindrinho (Why Are You So Bad) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Another Great Comedy Starring Richard Pryor, 5 November 2002
Author: soranno from Las Vegas, Nevada

Richard Pryor portrays con men so often yet he always manages to make it funny. The plot this time around involves con man Pryor being on the run and taking the time to escort a group of kids and their keeper (Cicely Tyson) cross country by means of a bus that he has to drive. The comic hilarity that can be exepcted from Pryor is evident here.

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