

Book of Numbers
1973-04-10 · 81 min · ★ 7.0
Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket.
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- Directors
- Raymond St. Jacques
- Production companies
- Brut Productions, AVCO Embassy Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Raymond St. JacquesBlueboy Harris
Philip Michael ThomasDave Green
Hope ClarkePigmeat Goins
Gilbert GreenLouis Antoine
Sterling St. JacquesKid Flick
D'Urville MartinBilly Bowlegs
Reginald T. DorseyJunebug
Irma P. HallGeorgia Brown
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