Life in a black ghetto isn't easy for 14-year-old Billie Jean Sims, who has a father in jail, a blind grandmother, and a brother with a drug habit. Growing up among drug pushers, prostitutes, and pimps, Billie Jean still has some things going for her: fierce pride, a loyal friend named Fish, and, at last, enough savings to visit her father 1200 miles away in prison.
Cast
Donna M. Bryan
Billie Jean Sims
James Broderick
Trick
Georgia Burke
Grannie
Laurence Fishburne
Fish
Sonny Jim Gaines
Mr. Sims
Arthur French
Customer
Moses Gunn
Mr. Miller
Albert Hall
T-Bone Sims
Dots Johnson
Jim
John Marriott
Jessie
George Miles
Shake-a-Hand
Haywood Nelson
Ronnie
Jim Pelham
Eddie
Joseph Ray
Walkin' Willie
Dick Sabol
Prison Guard
Crew
Fred Coe
Director
Stanley L. Gray
Writer
Arline Garson
Editor
Michael Lieberman
Director of Photography
Jake Ostroff
Director of Photography
David Susskind
Producer
Pamela Susskind
Associate Producer
William Pelt
Production Assistant
Lee Dichter
Sound Mixer
Blake Norton
Sound
Ferd Manning
Lighting Director
Jacob Stern
Music Supervisor
Richard Merrell
Set Decoration
Tom Horin
Technical Supervisor
B.J. Bachman
Continuity
Martin Begley
Supervising Technical Director
Hal Schaffel
Production Manager
Maury Beaumont
Unit Manager
Robert Gundlach
Art Direction