The Monkey Hu$tle

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

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

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

Cast:
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
Robin Morgan as Tanya
Altyrone Brown as Bugger
Nate Reed as Cook
Charles Smith as Guard #1
George Roby as Guard #2
Robert Townsend as Musician
Recoe Walker as Musician
Jeffrey Hazle as The Queen
Reginald Parker as Doorman
Nate Mallet as City Man
Clifford Thomas as Alderman
Roberta Williams as Prostitute
Alvin Henry as Rubbish Man

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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)