USA,
1977, 135 min
Directed by:
Sidney PoitierScreenplay:
Charles BlackwellCinematography:
Donald M. MorganComposer:
Curtis MayfieldCast:
Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Tracy Reed, Jason Evers, Marc Lawrence, Titos Vandis, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Eric Laneuville (more)Plots(1)
Manny and Dave are Chicago con artists who specialize in cheating people who take advantage of the poor. When they are blackmailed by a retired policeman into giving something back to the community, they start volunteering as career counselors for a group of uncooperative teens at the community center. Manny is beginning to enjoy helping the students when his work there in interrupted by the arrival of his girlfriend's overbearing parents and a mobster who has discovered that he cheated him. (official distributor synopsis)
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