Book of Numbers - Blaxploitation Crime Action movie DVD

Raymond St. Jacques and Philip Michael Thomas play depression-era men who decide that the cash is greener on the shadier side of the law; so they set up a successful rural numbers racket. All goes well until they attract the attention of a crime boss... Overview: Raymond St. Jacques both directs and stars in "The Book Of Numbers". St. Jacques and Philip Michael Thomas play depression-era African Americans; barely making out an existence as waiters in a deep-south community. Both men decide that there's more money to be had on the shadier side of the law; so they set up a successful rural numbers racket. All goes well until the operation attracts the attention of white crime boss Gilbert Greene. Though no one is particularly admirable in "The Book Of Numbers"; the audience remains firmly on the side of the black characters; if only by default. The film was based on a novel by Robert Dean. Blaxploitation. 82 min. English.