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    The Pocketbook

    13'

    1980-01-01

    5.4

    Drama

    Overview:

    In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in 16mm, adapts Langston Hughes’ short story, Thank You, Ma’am, and features music by Leadbelly, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. (Ross Lipman)

    DirectingBilly WoodberryWritingLangston Hughes

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    Cast

    1

    Ray Cherry

    1

    David Jenkins

    1

    Simmi Ella Nelson

    1

    Christopher Thompson

    1

    Phillip Weatherspoon

    1

    Al Williams

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. United States of America
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. UCLA School of Film and Television
    • Vote Count: 5
    • Popularity: 0.1793
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Pocketbook

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