Trick Baby (Soul Showcase)

Starring:Kiel Martin, Mel Stewart, Dallas Edward Hayes, Beverly Ballard, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Donald Symington, Don Fellows, Tom Anderson (II), Clebert Ford, Fuddle Bagley, Ted Lange, Tony Mazzadra, David Thomas (XIII), Jim King, Anthony Charnota, John Aquino, Jan Leighton, Byron Sanders, Dick Boccelli, Jim Mapp
Director: Larry Yust
Studio: Universal Studios
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

if you dig Iceburg Slim this is your film
Pretty Good
The Sydney Poitier type of screen character is excellently demonstrated in "Trick Baby."
Trick Baby
Get this and the book

Trick Baby (Soul Showcase)
Starring: Kiel Martin , Mel Stewart , Dallas Edward Hayes , Beverly Ballard , and Vernee Watson-Johnson
Director: Larry Yust
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0006FYOVA
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Customer Reviews:

if you dig Iceburg Slim this is your film.......2007-05-07

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.

Pretty Good.......2007-04-30

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.

The Sydney Poitier type of screen character is excellently demonstrated in "Trick Baby.".......2007-01-16

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...

Trick Baby.......2006-11-03

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.

Get this and the book.......2006-01-01

A must have for any Iceberg Slim fan, and also for those that are not. This is well done, definitely not your average "blaxploitation" film. With a bigger budget it would have been truly great.
Imagine Johnny Depp as White Folks, man that would be nasty. Anyway, the story strays from Slims tale, a bigger budget could have gotten a better screenplay adaptation, but it is still definitely a must have and a must see; especially for anyone who likes seeing urban movies set in the actual heart of the city.
The acting is good, production is solid, and the story is untold. Once you see the movie you're gonna have to read the book though, or maybe read the book first. The book is the real deal, ask me I'd get them both, and I have.

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