If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band
1972, English. Directed by Fred Coe.
The story of ghetto boy and girl trying to raise money for the girl to visit her father in prison.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 19 December 1972
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Stanley L. Gray
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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band runs 73 minutes (1h 13m).
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If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 December 1972. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band?
If you liked If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band, try Barbarians at the Gate, A Bramble House Christmas, Seeds of Yesterday.
Who directed If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band?
If You Give a Dance, You Gotta Pay the Band (1972) was directed by Fred Coe and stars Donna M. Bryan, James Broderick, Georgia Burke.