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Bustin' Loose

 1981
 94 minutes (1 hrs 34 mins)
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Directed by

Oz Scott · Michael Schultz

Starring

Richard Pryor · Cicely Tyson · Angel Ramirez Jr. · Jimmy Hughes · Edwin DeLeon · Edwin Kinter

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Release dates

US release date US release
22nd May 1981
Mexico release date Mexico release
5th November 1981
Denmark release date Denmark release
20th November 1981

Certificates

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Total grosses

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