Bustin' Loose
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The movie cover for Bustin' Loose. |
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Directed by | Oz Scott Michael Schultz (uncredited) |
Produced by | Michael S. Glick Richard Pryor |
Written by | Lonne Elder III Richard Pryor Roger L. Simon |
Starring | Richard Pryor Cicely Tyson |
Music by | Mark Davis Roberta Flack |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date(s) | May 22, 1981 |
Running time | 94 min. |
Language | English |
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Bustin' Loose is a 1981 film released by Universal Pictures. It stars Richard Pryor as an ex-con who gets a second chance after violating his probation. He has been hired by a school teacher named Vivian Perry (played by Cicely Tyson) to repair and drive a bus of special needs children from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a farm in Washington state.
Bustin' Loose is also the name of a short-lived television sitcom loosely based on the feature film that starred comedian Jimmie Walker and Vonetta McGee in the fall of 1987 in syndication.