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Bustin' Loose is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Schultz released in USA on 22 may 1981 with Cicely Tyson

Bustin' Loose (1981)

Bustin' Loose
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Released in USA 22 may 1981
Length 1h34
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Action,    Adventure
Rating59% 2.999682.999682.999682.999682.99968

Bustin' Loose is a film released by Universal Pictures in 1981 starring Richard Pryor as an ex-con who gets a second chance after violating his probation. School teacher Vivian Perry (played by Cicely Tyson) hires him to repair and drive a bus for a group of special needs children from Philadelphia to a farm in Washington state. Pryor also produced the film. Roberta Flack wrote and performed music for the movie. Paul Mooney has a small role. It was during shooting for the film in the summer of 1980 that Pryor's infamous freebasing incident occurred. Although regarded as light-hearted fare compared to Pryor's other work, the film still earned an R rating.

Synopsis

Joe Braxton (Pryor) is a convict who violates his parole after a failed attempt to lift a bunch of televisions from a store in Philadelphia. After a dramatic attempt at reverse psychology with the judge, he is given a second chance at parole, and his parole-officer, Donald (Robert Christian), has him do something for him.

Actors

Cicely Tyson

(Vivian Perry)
Richard Pryor

(Joe Braxton)
George Coe

(Doctor Wilson T. Renfrew)
Earl Billings

(Man at Parole Office)
Bill Quinn

(Judge Antonio Runzuli)
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