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    Bustin’ Loose (1981)

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    It was somewhat dispiriting to see the no-punches-pulled, hard-hitting comedian Richard Pryor lending his abrasive personality to a film as marshmallow gooey as Bustin’ Loose.

    Not only was it a Richard Pryor production, but Pryor also provided the soft-centred story.

    The movie revolved around Pryor as a habitual thief who, while out on probation for attempting to steal a truck-load of TV sets, is persuaded by his girlfriend (Cicely Tyson) to drive a bus full of handicapped and maladjusted school children from the city to a farm in the country.

    Its saccharine content made it a decidedly sticky journey to tolerate. En route to the country, the seemingly hard-hearted Pryor is completely won over by the kids, and, by the end of the picture, he is pretty much a reformed man. Yuck.

    The best thing in the movie was the kids themselves, including Angel Ramirez, Jimmy Hughes, Edwin DeLeon, Edwin Kinter, Tami Luchow, Janet Wong, Alphonso Alexander and Kia Cooper.

    Joe Braxton
    Richard Pryor
    Vivian Perry
    Cicely Tyson
    Julio 
    Angel Ramirez Jr.
    Harold
    Jimmy Hughes
    Ernesto
    Edwin DeLeon
    Anthony
    Edwin Kinter
    Linda
    Tami Luchow
    Annie
    Janet Wong
    Martin
    Alphonso Alexander
    Samantha
    Kia Cooper
    Donald
    Robert Christian
    Doctor Wilson T. Renfrew
    George Coe
    Judge Antonio Renzulli
    Bill Quinn
    Alfred Schuyler
    Fred Carney
    Klan Leader
    Roy Jenson

    Director
    Oz Scott

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