Don't Play Us Cheap (1973) Criterion (1080p RM4K BluRay x265 10bi...

Don't Play Us Cheap
RomanceComedyMusic
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two mischief-making devil-bats take human form in order to break up the party.

IMDb (5.8/10) | Rotten Tomatoes
Genres
Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director
Melvin Van Peebles
Writer
Melvin Van Peebles
Actors
Thomas Anderson, Jay Van Leer, Robert Dunn
Plot Summary
As an African American family and friends gather in an apartment for a house party, two imps take human form in order to break up the party.
Note from Encoder
Encoded with a modified slow 2-Pass @ 10,000 kb/s, includes English subtitles and extras. Audio was encoded to FLAC in order to preserve the 3 channel surround track layout.










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Duration: 1 h 42 min
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Movie name: Don't Play Us Cheap (1973)
Encoded date: 2026-07-06 05:03:54 UTC
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Chapters
00:00:00.000: en:Chapter 01
00:11:02.954: en:Chapter 02
00:15:53.828: en:Chapter 03
00:19:43.516: en:Chapter 04
00:23:20.566: en:Chapter 05
00:26:29.254: en:Chapter 06
00:31:40.398: en:Chapter 07
00:35:06.771: en:Chapter 08
00:43:34.654: en:Chapter 09
00:49:24.962: en:Chapter 10
00:52:30.731: en:Chapter 11
00:58:01.645: en:Chapter 12
01:07:33.967: en:Chapter 13
01:12:37.853: en:Chapter 14
01:17:30.646: en:Chapter 15
01:20:02.339: en:Chapter 16
01:29:20.564: en:Chapter 17
01:35:42.946: en:Chapter 18
01:41:52.440: en:Chapter 19
Source Information
Code:
Extras: Dont.Play.Us.Cheap.1972.COMPLETE.BLURAY-UNRELiABLE (37.3 GB)
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