Don't Play Us Cheap

1h 44m 1972

Brief Synopsis

A little devil crashes a house party in Harlem and stirs up trouble.

Cast & Crew

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Melvin Van Peebles

Director

Esther Rolle

Miss Maybell

Avon Long

David

Rhetta Hughes

Earnestine

Mabel King

Mrs Bowser

Robert Dunn

Mr Bowser

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Musical
Release Date
Jan 1972
Premiere Information
not available
Country
United States
Location
New Mexico, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 44m
Color
Color

Synopsis

A little devil crashes a house party in Harlem and stirs up trouble.

Directors

Melvin Van Peebles

Director

Jim Hinton

2nd Unit Director (2nd Unit)

Cast

Esther Rolle

Miss Maybell

Avon Long

David

Rhetta Hughes

Earnestine

Mabel King

Mrs Bowser

Robert Dunn

Mr Bowser

Joshie Jo Armstead

Mrs Washington

George Mccurn

Mr Washington

Joseph Keyes

Trinity

Thomas Anderson

Mr Percy

Jay Vanleer

Mrs Johnson

Frank Carey

Cockroach; Mr Johnson

Nat Barnett

Harold Johnson; Rat

Crew

Charles Blackwell

Associate Producer

Bernard Johnson

Costume Designer

Bob Maxwell

Director Of Photography

Georg Mccurn

Song Performer ("Quittin' Time")

Ernest Murray

Production Manager

Todd Scott

Sound

Melvin Van Peebles

Music

Melvin Van Peebles

Play As Source Material ("Don'T Play Us Cheap")

Melvin Van Peebles

Editor

Melvin Van Peebles

Screenwriter

Melvin Van Peebles

Songs ("Some Days It Seems That It Just Don'T Even Pay To Get Out Of Bed" "Break That Party" "8 Day Week" "Saturday Night" "I'M A Bad Character" "You Cut Up The Clothes In My Closet Full Of Dreams" "It Makes No Difference" "Quittin' Time" "Ain'T Love Grand" "The Book Of Life" "Counterpart Quartet" "Feast On Me" "The Phoney Game" "Smash Him" "Big Future")

Melvin Van Peebles

Producer

Jerry Weissman

Associate Producer

Harold Wheeler

Music Supervisor

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Comedy
Musical
Release Date
Jan 1972
Premiere Information
not available
Country
United States
Location
New Mexico, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 44m
Color
Color

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1972

Released in United States 1973

Released in United States June 1990

Shown at benefit screenings in 1973.

Released in United States 1972

Released in United States June 1990 (Shown at Museum of Modern Art, New York City in a Melvin Van Peebles retrospective June 22-30, 1990.)

Shown at Museum of Modern Art, New York City in a Melvin Van Peebles retrospective June 22-30, 1990.

Released in United States 1973 (Shown at benefit screenings in 1973.)

Film was on the shelf for 18 years.

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