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Status
Released
Release
1974
Runtime
1h 44m
"You learn a lot in the streets."
A 1974 film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson who joined a gang and committed petty crime before being sent to prison. After his release from prison he changes his life.
25 Cast Members
Rony Clanton
Sonny Carson
Don Gordon
Pigliani
Joyce Walker
Virginia
Paul Benjamin
Pops
Thomas Hicks
Young Sonny
Mary Alice
Moms
Ram John Holder
Preacher
Jerry Bell
Lil Boy
Ray Rainbow Johnson
Benny
Derrick Champ Ford
Wolfe
Roger Hill
Lil John
Chris Forster
Donovan
George Miles
Uncle Cal
B.T. Taylor
Crazy
Roger D.A. Davis
Willie
Eleanora Douglas
Sally Jean
Clifton Steere
Psychiatrist
Dennis Kear
Western Union Messenger
Linda Hopkins
Lil Boy's Mother
Mervyn Nelson
Parole Board Chairman
