Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Joshua Burke is a retired detective who has enough evidence on the both of them to put them ...
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Sidney Poitier | ... | Manny Durrell | |
| Bill Cosby | ... | Dave Anderson | |
| James Earl Jones | ... | Joshua Burke | |
| Denise Nicholas | ... | Lila French | |
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Hope Clarke | ... | Sarah Thomas |
| Tracy Reed | ... | Nikki McLean | |
| Titos Vandis | ... | Bruno | |
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Frances Foster | ... | Bea Quitman |
| Jason Evers | ... | Ty Shorter | |
| Marc Lawrence | ... | Louie | |
| Ja'net DuBois | ... | Nellie Bond | |
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Larry Beecham | ... | Percy 'Bubba' Watkins |
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Thomas Benjamin | ... | Anthony |
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Tamu Blackwell | ... | Cheryl |
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Jack Brami | ... | Jesus |
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Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Joshua Burke is a retired detective who has enough evidence on the both of them to put them behind bars. Instead, he offers to maintain his silence if the crooks will go straight and do work at a youth center for delinquents. At first, the crooks are reluctant and unwilling (and so are the kids). As time goes by they gain the trust and admiration of the kids and they start to enjoy the job. All goes well until someone out of the past tells them they have to do one last heist...or else. Written by Afterburner <aburner@erols.com>
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detective | urban setting | blaxploitation | money cut in pieces | thief |Taglines:
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27 February 1978 (Denmark) See more »Also Known As:
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Dave Anderson: Is that a request?
Dancer in the Disco: What, the rape or the dance?
Dave Anderson: Don't make no never mind to me.
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Written by Curtis Mayfield
Performed by Mavis Staples
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This marks the third time Sidney Poitier directed Bill Cosby, after Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975). See more »Goofs
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Dancer in the Disco: David Anderson, you haven't danced with me all night. Now, if you don't dance with me, I'm a gonna holler "Rape"!Dave Anderson: Is that a request?
Dancer in the Disco: What, the rape or the dance?
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Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid(uncredited)
Written by Curtis Mayfield
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It was a pretty old school film. Most young adults wouldn't want to watch an old 70's film but this one's got some flavor for ya.The actors did a very good job. The cast was very well put together and the writing was great. I believe that putting Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier on the same screen was one of the best ideas Holly wood ever had. While the movie was serious a lot of the times it was funny as well. It gave me a chance to see some of my favorite actors and actresses from some of my favorite shows in their earlier years and stages of the screen.This movie was loaded with fun, laughs, action and drama. Action and drama, that's my kind of movie !