The Monkey Hustle (1976)

Directed by

Arthur Marks

Genre

blaxploitation film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1970s Chicago, a veteran con man named Daddy Foxx takes on a teenage apprentice. They navigate the city's underworld with schemes and tricks, looking for a big payoff.

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What happens

The Monkey Hustle (also written as The Monkey Hu$tle) is a 1976 American blaxploitation film written by Odie Hawkins and Charles Eric Johnson. It stars Yaphet Kotto as Chicago con-man and "hustler" Daddy Foxx and Kirk Calloway as his teenage apprentice. Co-stars include Thomas Carter, Rudy Ray Moore, and Rosalind Cash. The film taglines in advertising were: "Meet Daddy Fox, Baby D. and Goldie. They gonna do the Monkey Hustle!" "It ain't legal an it sure ain't safe...but it do seem worthwhile!" (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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