It ain't easy being this good.
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
ComedyDramafriendshipsportswhite trashmale friendshipracial segregationbasketballstreetballjeopardylos angeles, californiabuddyhoodlumconfidence artist
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Classical in form, effortless, contemporary and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Woody HarrelsonBilly Hoyle
- Wesley SnipesSidney Deane
- Rosie PerezGloria Clement
- Tyra FerrellRhonda Deane
- Cylk CozartRobert
- Marques JohnsonRaymond
- Kadeem HardisonJunior
- Ernest Harden Jr.George
- John Marshall JonesWalter
- David RobersonT.J.
Crew
- Ron SheltonDirector
- Ron SheltonScreenplay
- Russell BoydDirector of Photography
- Kimberly RayEditor
- Paul SeydorEditor
- David V. LesterProducer
- Don MillerProducer
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