Trick Baby (1972)

Directed by

Larry Yust

Genre

drama film, blaxploitation film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

R

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 13 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A light-skinned Black man and his older partner run con games in the city. The story follows their hustles and the dangers they face on the streets.

grittyurbanslyedgytensenostalgiclow-budgetstreet-smart

What happens

Trick Baby is a 1972 Blaxploitation film directed by Larry Yust and starring Kiel Martin and Mel Stewart. This crime-drama is based and named after a novel by Iceberg Slim written in 1967. The film was produced by Marshal Backlar and James Levitt. The film first premiered at the DeMille Theater, Seventh Avenue and 47th Street theatre, Juliet 2 Theater, and Third Avenue and 83 Street theatre in New York. This film is distributed by Universal Studios. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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