Actors: Billy Dee Williams,Clifton Davis,Margaret Avery,Eubie Blake,Godfrey Cambridge,Seymour Cassel,Otis Day,Mabel King,Taj Mahal,Spo-De-Odee,Art Carney,David Healy,Samuel Fuller,Leon Charles,Fred Pinkard Genre: Year: 1977 Imdb:click here
" It's also unusual for its choice of Joplin as a subject for the film because the guy died from syphilis (something folks RARELY talked about in 1977) and his later years were spent deteriorating more and more--a tough sort of film to put over to the viewing audience"