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Book Of Numbers

1973, Movie, R, 81 mins

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Decent black exploitation film about criminal operations in a small southern town during the depression. St. Jacques and Thomas leave their jobs waiting tables in the city and try to establish a numbers racket in a small backwater town, running afoul of local white crime czar Greene. Shows the constraints of its low budget but manages to get its points across. Worth watching. leave a comment
Year: 1973
Rated R

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Cast
Raymond St. Jacques: Blueboy Harris
Freda Payne: Kelly Simms
Philip Michael Thomas: Dave Greene
Hope Clarke: Pigmeat Goins
Willie Washington Jr.: Makepeace Johnson
Doug Finell: Eggy

 

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The second that Don brought home...

The second that Don brought home the preteen whose mother had just been murdered, I literally thought, "Can we keep him?" I know it isn't as easy as adopting a puppy, but watching Don, his dad and Charlie all interact with this little man added such an interesting dynamic to this show. Sure, he's probably happy with his grandmother halfway across the country, but I think he would have fit in well with this boys' club. I did like that Alan said that watching Don with the kid gave him hope for future grandchildren. Let's hope so. Much as I love all the crime solving, it would be nice if the hard-working guys on this show had some fun dating games that didn't involve their cases or work. The case itself was very timely and ripped from the headlines again, but the math this week was so over my head. There were anomalies and imperfect equations with no clear answers. I don't get those kind of puzzles, I like the logic with one answer, I must have slept through the randomness class. Instead, read more

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