I Eat Movies #24: Mike's First Time - Trick Baby (1972)

Shake hands with your cohosts Mike and Dino and then count your fingers as the best cinematic con you never saw coming is discussed in I Eat Movies #24: Mike's First Time - Trick Baby (1972). Based on Iceberg Slim's notorious novel, Dino introduces Mike to this gritty, street-based tale of two conmen, one biracial who easily passes for white and the other an elderly black man, as they weave their lies and schemes into the crosshairs of a ruthless mobster and a corrupt cop that might be the last marks the two partners ever tried to outwit. Defying its mere blaxploitation label, director Larry Yust (Homebodies) brings the raw and fast-paced ghettos of Philly to life with an authenticity productions today couldn't even attempt to buy. Oftentimes funny and layered, Dino and Mike examine the race relations on hand as well as the absorbing chemistry between its stars Kiel Martin (Hill Street Blues) and Mel Stewart (Let's Do It Again) throughout this slick and tense urban drama. Don't be a sucker and hustle to listen in on I Eat Movies #24: Mike's First Time - Trick Baby (1972)!