The Endangered List (Case File #147)

YOU’VE GOT TO WALK IT

LIKE YOU TALK IT

(OR YOU’LL LOSE THAT BEAT)

(1971)

Starring

Zalman King (Carter Fields)

Allen Garfield (Herby Moss)

Suzette Green (Susan)

Richard Pryor (Wino)

Robert Downey (Head of Ad Agency)

Liz Torres (Singer in Men’s Room)

Roz Kelly (Girl in Park)

Karen Ludwig (Erica)

Billy Cunningham (Fat Lady)

Ruth Locke (Carter’s Mom)

Daisy Locke (Old Woman)

Peter Locke (Shoe Thief / Purse Snatcher)

Chick Kozloff (Mooner)

Michael Sullivan (Man on Toilet)

Steve Landisberg (Men’s Room Attendant)

Tommy Cerafice (Boy in Men’s Room)

Eric Krupnik (Hood-Group Therapy)

Stephen Berke (Food Eater – Park Bench)

Ann Taylor (Pickpocket)

Karen Smith (Pickpocket)

St. Louis (Gynecologist)

George Schultz (Judge)

Jan Smith (Garbage Eater)

Walter Klusner (Father)

Stan Gottlieb (Mr. Fellestrio)

Geegee Brown (Girl Getting Strangled)

Tony Middleton (Strangler)

Paula Frankle (Corinna)

John Fodor (Revolutionary)

Elaine Everett (Anita Lorraine Teitlebaum)

Narrated by

Roger Parsons

Written, Produced, Directed

by

Peter Locke

Associate Producers

Gary Mehlman

David Finfer

Ron Sullivan

Photography by

Stephen Bower

Edited by

Wes Craven

David Finfer

Lana Jokel

Peter Locke

Music Composed

by

Walter Becker

Donald Fagin

Billy Cunningham

Music Produced

by

Kenny Vance

Art Direction

Linda Sampson

Sound

Charles Barecca

John Fodor

Joe La Vecchia

Assistant to the Director

Ann Taylor

Eastman color

Released by

J.E.R. Pictures

Running time: 85 minutes

MPAA rating: R

New York opening: September 19, 1971 (Sunday)

SOUNDTRACK LP

Walter Becker - Bass, guitar
Donald Fagen - Keyboards, vocals
Denny Diaz - Guitar, percussion
John Discepolo - Drums
Kenny Vance - vocals

Arranged by Walter Becker & Donald Fagen
Produced by Kenny Vance

Originally released in 1971 by Spark (SRLP 124), the soundtrack LP was reissued numerous times, under different titles and by various labels, to capitalize on Becker & Fagen's later success as Steely Dan.

TRACK LIST

1. You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It
2. Flotsam and Jetsam
3. War and Peace
4. Roll Back The Meaning
5. You Gotta Walk It Like You Talk It (reprise)
6. Dog Eat Dog
7. Red Giant/White Dwarf
8. If It Rains