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The Pocketbook
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- 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)
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1980
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- UCLA School of Film and Television
- Cast
- Christopher Thompson,Simmi Ella Nelson,Phillip Weatherspoon,David Jenkins,Ray Cherry,Al Williams
- Director
- Billy Woodberry
- Producer
- Billy Woodberry
- Cinematography
- Mario Da Silva,Gary Gaston,Charles Burnett
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt2075348