Disco Godfather (1979)

A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, ... See full summary »

Director:

J. Robert Wagoner

Writers:

J. Robert Wagoner, Cliff Roquemore

Stars:

Rudy Ray Moore, Carol Speed, Jimmy Lynch

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rudy Ray Moore	...	Tucker Williams
Carol Speed	...	Noel
Jimmy Lynch	...	Sweetmeat
Jerry Jones	...	Dr. Fred Mathis
Lady Reed	...	Mrs. Edwards
Hawthorne James	...	Stinger Ray (as James H. Hawthorne)
Frank Finn	...	Lt. Frank Hayes
Julius Carry	...	Bucky (as Julius J. Carry III)
Pat Patterson	...	(as Bishop Pat Patterson)
William Nutting
Hazel Spears
Theodis Williams
West Gale
Fitz Houston	...	(as Fitzhugh Houston)
Paunita Nichols

Storyline

A retired cop becomes a DJ/celebrity at the Blueberry Hill disco-- he's the "Disco Godfather!" All is well until his nephew flips out on a strange new drug that's sweeping the streets, called "angel dust," or PCP. Disco Godfather vows "to personally come down on the suckers that's producing this shit!" He takes to the streets, slaps drug dealers and even exposes a crooked cop that is covering for the dealers. In between, he still finds time to manage the Blueberry Hill and perform. "Put a little slide in yo' glide," he pleads to the patrons, "Put some weight on it!" Disco Godfather tracks down the kingpin that is behind all the angel dust production, but not before he is kidnapped and forced to inhale PCP through a gas mask!

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Plot Keywords:

disco | angel dust | drugs | martial arts | revenge | 

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Taglines:

Touch him and you're dust!

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

Disco Music Godfather

Filming Locations:

Dunbar Hotel - 4225 S. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Generation International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film debut of Keith David, in an uncredited bit part as a club patron.

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Quotes

Metro Squad: [holding a shotgun on a criminal] Move and I'll blow your Afro off!

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Crazy Credits

"Put Your Weight On It" phrase copyright © Rudy Ray Moore

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Connections

Featured in The Best of Sex and Violence (1981)

User Reviews

Ah need an ab boo lance after this

45 minutes of stupefying disco awfulness followed by 45 minutes of brain busting psycho angel dust drama = 90 mins of DISCO GODFATHER. Here I was gleefully looking forward to an epic of THE APPLE proportions and what did ah git? Angel Dust baby! Angel dust on da disco floo-wah. Call me an am boo lance....... Rudy Ray Moore certainly is a one of a kind..and I struggled to get me thru the final sequence of hallucinatory kung fu warehouse fights and dungeon ghastliness because I never have seen a film lose it's way so completely. DISCO GODFATHER needed to stay firmly on the roller disco floor with all the other dancing wannabees and leave the drug lecture outside with Bucky, the 7ft he-man nephew. Rudy Ray Moore is terrific as the caring sharing flab-man in blue silk jump suit and silver shoes of the title... and the music for the most part is great, but oh dear, once the action leaves the dance floor, this dancing dictating Godfather becomes a religious revival meeting bore. Watch the first half only. Stop after the roller disco dude in his underpants does his spin thing.