The Monkey Hustle (1976)
2.8 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 30min
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- Synopsis:
The film includes a loose plot centered on the ensemble cast of characters in which Foxx mentors "Baby D" (Kirk Calloway), "Player" (Thomas Carter), and "Tiny" (Donn C. Harper) in the ways of small-time hustling. An example of a hustle is the boys apparently stealing some televisions from a truck for Foxx in sight of a local shop owner. The boys then steal the televisions from Foxx's truck and stash them in some trash. The shop owner offers the boys $55 cash for the televisions which they accept. However, when the shop owner returns with his dolly, he finds that the boys have run off with the cash as well as the televisions (which were actually empty boxes). The overarching plotline is to prevent the construction of an expressway through the neighborhood in which all the characters reside. Using facilities that are not adequately described in the film, Foxx and local numbers man "Glitterin' Goldie" (Rudy Ray Moore) use potentially corrupt connections within the city government to prevent the construction. - Actors:
- Yaphet Kotto, Kirk Calloway, Thomas Carter, Donn C. Harper, Lynn Caridine, Patricia McCaskill, Lynn Harris, Rudy Ray Moore, Rosalind Cash, Randy Brooks, Debbi Morgan, Fuddle Bagley, Frank Rice, Carl W. Crudup, Duchyll Martin Smith, Steven Williams, Frank Barrett, Ralph Johnson, Dewellie Colbert, Robin Morgan
- Directors:
- Arthur Marks
- Writers:
- Charles Eric Johnson, Odie Hawkins
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
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