The Monkey Hu$tle (1976)
AIP Production #7611 

Jeff and Cheryl applaud as the neighborhood unites against the man in The Monkey Hu$tle. 

Directed by Arthur Marks
Screenplay by Charles Johnson
Story by Odie Hawkins
Produced by Arthur Marks 

Starring: 
Yaphet Kotto as Daddy Foxx
Kirk Calloway as Baby D
Thomas Carter as Player
Donn Harper as Tiny
Lynn Caridine as Jan-Jan
Patricia McCaskill as Shirl
Lynn Harris as Sweet Potatoe
Rudy Ray Moore as Goldie
Rosalind Cash as Mama
Randy Brooks as Win
Debbi Morgan as Vi
Fuddle Bagley as Mr. Molet 
Frank Rice as The Black Knight
Carl Crudup as Joe
Duchyll Smith as Beatrice
Steve Williams as The Manager
Frank Barrett as Leon  
Ralph Johnson as Cobra  
Dewellie Colbert as Moe 
Robert Townsend as Musician  

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)