The Monkey Hustle (1976)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 24, 1976Release Date
The Monkey Hustle (1976)
1h 30m
Running Time
December 24, 1976Release Date
Plot.
A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.
Where to Watch.
Rent
Subs
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Cast & Crew.
Yaphet Kotto
Daddy Foxx
Kirk Calloway
Baby 'D
Kirk Calloway
Baby 'D
Thomas Carter
Player
Donn C. Harper
Tiny
Lynn Caridine
Jan-Jan
Patricia McCaskill
Shirl
Lynn Harris
Sweet Potatoe
Rudy Ray Moore
Goldie
Rosalind Cash
Mama
Debbi Morgan
Vi
Randy Brooks
Win
Arthur Marks
Director
Fuddle Bagley
Mr. Molet
Charles Eric Johnson
Writer
Frank Rice
The Black Knight
Odie Hawkins
Writer
Carl W. Crudup
Joe
Duchyll Martin Smith
Beatrice
Jack Conrad
Composer
Steven Williams
The Manager
Frank Barrett
Leon
Jack L. Richards
Cinematographer
Ralph Johnson
Cobra
Art Seid
Editor
Dewellie Colbert
Moe
Betty Martin
CastingDirector
Robin Morgan
Tanya
Altyrone Brown
Bugger
Nathaniel Reed
Cook
Robert Townsend
Musician
Beau Marks
Second Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 24, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingPG
Genres
Wiki.
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!"