Big Shots (1987)
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Consumed by grief when his father is felled by a heart attack, 11-year-old Obie (Ricky Busker) runs away from his white, upper-class surroundings. He ends up in a particularly dismal Chicago ghetto neighborhood where, after enduring a beating administered by gang members, he is befriended by streetwise black youth Jeremy "Scam" Henderson (Darius McCrary). The two become partners in crime, leading to a deadly situation involving a pair of professional hit men. Just when it seems things can't get any worse, they do. Robert Prosky co-stars as a slimy pawnbroker. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Ricky Busker - Obie
- Robert Joy - Dickie
- Jerzy Skolimowski - Doc
- Bill Hudson - Dad
- Wilbert Bradley - Social Service Man
- Olivia Cole - Mrs. Newton
- David Dunard - Louisiana Cop
- Tim Halligan - 3rd Policeman
- Janet MacLachlan - Welfare Worker
- Ken White - Sheriff
- Sherry Narens - Teacher
- Lorraine Matthews - Social Service Woman
- Michael Krawic - Street Person
- Jeffrey Harris - Teen #1
- Frank G. Rice - Counselor
- Richard Caine - 4th Policeman
- Andrea Bebel - Alley
- Hutton Cobb - Bible Salesman
- Beah Richards - Miss Hanks, Hotel Manager
- Timothy Scott - Smiley
- Dick Sollenberger - Doctor
- Michael Stoyanov - Teen #3
- Darius McCrary - Jeremy "Scam" Henderson
- Robert Prosky - Keegan, Pawnbroker
- Paul Winfield - Johnnie Red
- Jim Antonio - Uncle Harry
- Pauline Brailsford - Science Teacher
- Ron Dean - 2nd Policeman
- Ellen Geer - Bar Waitress
- Oscar Jordan - One of the Guys
- Jack Orend - Asst. Bank manager
- Hank Underwood - Bartender
- Maria McCrary - Bank Teller
- Elise Langan - The Waitress
- Shirley Spiegler-Jacobs - Social Service Woman
- Dave Adams - Deputy
- Bernard Chestleigh - Social Service Man
- Sephus Booker - Policeman
- Mitch Beasley - Duane Henderson
- Cedric Young - Ghetto Bartender
- Antoine Roshell - Teen #2
- Joe Seneca - Ferryman
- James Spinks - Bank Guard
- Brynn Thayer - Obie's Mom
- Director(s):
- Robert Mandel
- Producer(s):
- Joe Medjuck, Ivan Reitman, Michael J. Gross
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