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The Monkey Hustle

CTL-E-4170 · Work · film · 1976

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1976 American blaxploitation film directed by Arthur Marks (released December 24, 1976), starring Yaphet Kotto, Rudy Ray Moore, and Rosalind Cash; shot entirely on location in Chicago. Its c. 1975 footage of East 63rd Street is the sole public trace of Kamm and Nate's Shoes.

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