Pie in the Sky

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Pie in the Sky

"New York's teeming "jungle" ...where kids learn crime from teen-aged "bosses"!"

1964

1h 26m

7.0(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

Rural runaway finds himself in Manhattan.

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12 members

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Lee Grant

Suzy

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Richard Bray

Brill

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Michael Higgins

Carl

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Robert Marsach

Paco

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Robert Allen

Brill's Father

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Sylvia Miles

Rose

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Ruth Attaway

Farmer's Wife

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Robert Earl Jones

Farmer

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Jaime Charlemagne

Rick

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Charles Jordan

Artificial Inseminator

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Roscoe Lee Browne

Preacher

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Rik Colitti

Pickpocket

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