Director: Ron Shelton

Writer: Ron Shelton

Keywords: Comedy, Drama, Basketball, Los Angeles

Two street basketball players hustle their way through an athletic landscape fraught with racial stereotypes.

ABSTRACT
Basketball player Sydney Deane wants to make enough money to buy a house in Los Angeles; fellow baller Billy Hoyle needs to earn enough cash to pay off a gambling debt. The pair join forces as street-balling hustlers when Billy proves to be a better player than Sydney, shattering the stereotype that white men can't play competitive basketball. Billy's on-again-off-again girlfriend Gloria wishes to appear on Jeopardy, something that Sydney eventually agrees to help with by talking to a security guard who works for the show. One final hustle in which Billy proves that he can slam dunk causes Gloria to leave him for the last time, leaving the pair to continue playing basketball and earning much-needed cash as they bicker about ingrained prejudices.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ernest Harden, Jr.	Actor	25-Nov-1952		Marcus Henderson on The Jeffersons
Kadeem Hardison	Actor	24-Jul-1965		A Different World
Woody Harrelson	Actor	23-Jul-1961		Woody from Cheers
Chick Hearn	Sports Journalist	27-Nov-1916	5-Aug-2002	Legendary basketball announcer
Duane Martin	Actor	1-Jan-1970		All of Us
Rosie Perez	Actor	6-Sep-1964		Do The Right Thing
Wesley Snipes	Actor	31-Jul-1962		New Jack City
Alex Trebek	Game Show Host	22-Jul-1940		Jeopardy

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