Trick Baby (Soul Showcase)
by Larry Yust
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Actor: Beverly Ballard, Dallas Edward Hayes, Kiel Martin, Mel Stewart, Vernee Watson-JohnsonDirector: Larry Yust
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Isidore Mankofsky
Writer: Larry Yust
Producer: James Levitt
Producer: Marshall Backlar
Writer: A. Neuberg
Writer: Robert Beck
Writer: T. Raewyn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-11
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Trick Baby (Soul Showcase)
DVD Review: if you dig Iceburg Slim this is your film
Summary: 4 Stars
if you dig Iceburg slim and Donald Goines then you are gonna be feeling this film. a Brother who can Pass for White and a Older soul Brother who has Schooled the Younger Cat on the Street Hustle in Philly. there are so many twists and turns in this film and the Big Heist near the end makes you wonder can they make it back to the Bank in time? if this Film was Up-dated it would be outta control on the Real. the soundtrack was tight as well. the Preacher had me rolling as well. i was feeling that Hog in the Film. right on that film will take you back and make you think and this is the kind of film that had so much cleaverness going on it wasn't even funny. that toliet paper roll that passed for dollar bills would make Sheryl Crow even squeeze the charmin.DVD Review: Pretty Good
Summary: 4 Stars
I wanted to read the book, but it's always checked out so I decided I might as well watch the movie. It was pretty good, despite the unhappy ending. But that's real life though. The characters were sophisticated and knew how to carry out their hustles, even though in the end Blue was too obsessed with the money and lost focus. Other than that, there was none of that sloppy, ill-mannered, dumb thug stuff that seems to be popular these days.I really love movies from the 1970s and this one will definetly be added to my collection.DVD Review: The Sydney Poitier type of screen character is excellently demonstrated in "Trick Baby."
Summary: 3 Stars
The Sydney Poitier type of screen character is excellently demonstrated in "Trick Baby," a film which seemed to slip by the critics...
The story is that of two con-men: White Folks (Kiel Martin), who, had a black mother and a white father and whose skin is white; and Blue Howard (Mel Stewart), a gray-haired black veteran who has taught the younger man everything he knows about the art of the confidence trickster...
Together they tricked the Mafia and the police; they make $10,000 and have to give some of it away to the local black protection merchant; they set up a confidence property deal to swindle some over-greedy white businessmen out of $150,000, but cannot quite get hold of the loot...
The quality of "Trick Baby" is that not all the blacks are all good, and not all the whites are all bad... What is more, it makes a point of showing that black men can play on their color to gain their own ends...
DVD Review: Trick Baby
Summary: 3 Stars
I was sadden by the fact that the movie seemed to be incomplete. I recently compared the movie to the book and everything in the movie seems to be in the first two chapters. DVD Review: Classic...don't sleep on Trick Baby
Summary: 5 Stars
Trick Baby is a film about a man named Blue who has raised a white man that they call "Folks," which is short for White Folks. Folks is supposedly mixed but appears to be portrayed by an all white actor. Blue is a hustler. He raises Folks to be a hustler. The two scam and pull fast ones for a living. On one particular occasion they get in over there head. Folks wants to leave the business behind and head to Chicago, but Blue is dedicated to see things through so that they can get some real hard cash. The chase scenes in this film are classic, I especially enjoyed seeing "Folks" run through the streets of Philadelphia. If you are fan of 70's cinema, you will notice a lot of regular character actors from the 70's in this film.
This movie is based on a book by Iceberg Slim. The promoters of the recent DVD release need to uplay the films literary connections, but Iceberg Slim is real big now and this film is based on one of his most popular works. Although over 30 years old, this film is still very enjoyable. It has a strong plot and a lot of action.
Description of Trick Baby (Soul Showcase)
A corrupt policeman hunts two con men who rip off an uncle from an underworld family. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/11/2005 Starring: Kiel Martin Dallas Edward Hayes Run time: 89 minutes Rating: R Director: Larry YustGeneral DVDs
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