Trick Baby (1972)
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Directors
Larry Yust
Cast
Kiel Martin, Mel Stewart, Dallas Edward Hayes, Beverly Ballard, Vernee Watson, Jan Leighton, David Thomas
The story
"Blue" Howard (Mel Stewart) and "White Folks" (Kiel Martin) are two con men in Philadelphia. Blue is an older black hustler who raised "White Folks” and taught him "the con". White Folks is the son of a black mother who is a prostitute and a white father.
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Action, Gangster Film, blaxploitation film, crime film, drama film
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