07 Apr 1976
Sparkle
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
Gang Smashers
IT BLASTS THE LID OFF HARLEM RACKETS!
An undercover police woman poses as a nighclub entertainer to catch the main man behind the racketeers going on around Harlem. Meanwhile two men are falling for her.
Top Billed Cast
Nina Mae McKinney Laura Jackson
Laurence Criner Gat Dalton
Monte Hawley Lefty
Mantan Moreland Gloomy
Reginald Fenderson Nick
Edward Thompson Doyle
Vernon McCalla Police Captain
Charles Hawkins Gopher
Everett Brown Police Lieutenant
Lester Wilkins 2nd Police Officer
Neva Peoples Cararet Entertainer
Arthur Ray Bowers
Bo Jinkins Cabaret Entertainer
John Criner Jr. Wells
Maggie Hathaway Dander
Guernsey Morrow 2nd Collector
Jewel Smith Police Desk Officer
Mildred Boyd Nightclub Patron
Edward Brandon One of the Policemen
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