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Directed by Peter Locke Distributed by J.E.R. Pictures Director Peter Locke Producers Peter Locke, Gary Mehlman | 5.4/10 IMDb Written by Peter Locke Initial release 19 September 1971 Screenplay Peter Locke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Peter Locke
Gary Mehlman Starring Zalman King
Allen Garfield
Richard Pryor,
Elaine Everett Music by Walter Becker
Billy Cunningham
Denny Dias
Donald Fagen Music director Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Billy Cunningham Cast Richard Pryor, Zalman King, Allen Garfield Similar Bustin' Loose, Some Kind of Hero, Box of Moonlight, Which Way Is Up?, Noise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
You've Got to Walk It Like You Talk It or You'll Lose That Beat is a 1971 comedy-drama film directed by Peter Locke. It involves a young hippie and his search for the meaning of life while in Central Park. Its soundtrack includes some of the earliest released music by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, the duo who later formed the core of the group Steely Dan. The film also stars Richard Pryor in an early role playing his signature "wino" character, and actor/director Robert Downey Sr., father of Robert Downey Jr.
The soundtrack, "performed by The Original Soundtrack" was released in 1971, with re-releases in the later 1970s and after.
Future film director Wes Craven, then working at a New York City post-production company, made his professional feature debut as the film's editor.