Book of Numbers (1973)
1h 21m
Running Time
April 10, 1973Release Date
Book of Numbers (1973)
1h 21m
Running Time
April 10, 1973Release Date
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Plot.
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
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Cast & Crew.
Raymond St. Jacques
Blueboy Harris
Philip Michael Thomas
Dave Green
Freda Payne
Kelly Simms
Gilbert Green
Louis Antoine
Hope Clarke
Pigmeat Goins
Frank DeSal
Carlos
Larry Spiegel
Writer
C.L. Williams
Flip Flip
Media.
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Wiki.
Book of Numbers is a 1973 American crime film directed by and starring Raymond St. Jacques. It was produced by AVCO Embassy Pictures, and is the story of two black waiters who team up in El Dorado, Arkansas to run a numbers racket among the poor and working class black community in the 1930s. Meanwhile, they evade and outsmart the KKK, corrupt white police officers, and deflect a hostile take-over from a nearby mafia gang. The movie is based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Robert Deane Pharr, and is the only film directed by actor Raymond St. Jacques. It was filmed in Texas and received critical praise upon release for its stylish depiction of the South in the 1930s.