Don't Play Us Cheap

Don't Play Us Cheap

95 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Dec. 11, 1972

The comedic tale of two minions of the devil who crash a Harlem party thrown by Miss Maybell with high hopes of destroying its festive atmosphere. The first of the imps to arrive, Trinity, loses sight of his mission and consequently falls in love with Miss Maybell's impressionable young niece Earnestine. Trinity is later joined by Brother Dave, his older, more jaded partner. But as Dave pulls out all the stops to dampen the mood, he serves only to enhance the partygoers' good spirits.

Don't Play Us Cheap

95 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | Dec. 11, 1972

Don't Play Us Cheap
The comedic tale of two minions of the devil who crash a Harlem party thrown by Miss Maybell with high hopes of destroying its festive atmosphere. The first of the imps to arrive, Trinity, loses sight of his mission and consequently falls in love with Miss Maybell's impressionable young niece Earnestine. Trinity is later joined by Brother Dave, his older, more jaded partner. But as Dave pulls out all the stops to dampen the mood, he serves only to enhance the partygoers' good spirits.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers Yeah Inc.
Original title Don't Play Us Cheap
Directors James E. Hinton, Melvin Van Peebles
Writers Melvin Van Peebles

Cast

Esther Rolle

as Miss Maybell

Avon Long

as Brother Dave

Mabel King

as House Guest at the Party

Rhetta Hughes

as Earnestine

Frank Carey

as Mr. Johnson

Thomas Anderson

as Mr. Percy

Robert Dunn

as Guest

Jay Van Leer

as Mrs. Johnson (as Jay Vanleer)

Joe Keyes Jr.

as Trinity (as Joseph Keyes)

Nate Barnett

as Guest