The Pocketbook (1980)

Title: The Pocketbook

Original Title: The Pocketbook

Release Date: 1980-01-01

Status: Released

Rating: 5.5/10 (from 4 votes)

Language: EN

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: UCLA School of Film and Television

In the course of a botched purse-snatching, a boy comes to question the path of his life. Billy Woodberry’s second film, and first completed in 16mm, adapts Langston Hughes’ short story, Thank You, Ma’am, and features music by Leadbelly, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis. (Ross Lipman)