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Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes(1974)
Status: Released
Date: 1974-11-01
39%
12 Votes
Time: 1h 26m
Feeling great...Walking tall...Hit my number, That's all!
Overview:
In 1950s Harlem a vicious Italian gangster (Frank deKova) tries to muscle in on a black racketeer's (Paul Harris) numbers game.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Ransom
First American Films
Movie: Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes
Top 10 Billed Cast
Frank De Kova
Big Tony (as Frank deKova)
Paul Harris
Pasha
Frances E. Williams
Moma Lottie (as Frances Williams)
Henry G. Sanders
Sam Kingston (as Henry Sanders)
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