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Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

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.

ThrillerActionCrimeComedyDrama

Release: 1974-11-01Runtime: 86 minRating: 3.7 (10)

Cast

Frank De Kova

Frank De Kova

Big Tony (as Frank deKova)

Paul Harris

Paul Harris

Pasha

Frances E. Williams

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

Henry G. Sanders

Sam Kingston (as Henry Sanders)

Pat Edwards

Pearl

Crew

Bill Brame

Director

Fredricka DeCosta

Screenplay

Elizabeth Ransom

Story

Talmadge Spratt

Casting

Robert Caramico

Director of Photography

Bill Brame

Editor

Rudolph Cusumano

Editor

Howard Ransom

Producer

Edith Ransom

Producer

Sterling Franck

Art Direction

Clips & Videos

BABY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES (1974) Trailer aka JIVE TURKEY

BABY NEEDS A NEW PAIR OF SHOES (1974) Trailer aka JIVE TURKEY