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Petey Wheatstraw (1977)Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as ... See full summary » Director:Cliff RoquemoreWriter:Cliff Roquemore |
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Rudy Ray Moore | ... |
Petey
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Jimmy Lynch | ... |
Jimmy
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Ernest Mayhand | ... |
Skillet
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Ebony Wright | ... |
Nell /
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Steve Gallon | ... |
Steve
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Lucipher
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Ted Clemmons | ... |
Ted
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Marvin Jones | ... |
Scarface Willie
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George Mireless | ... |
Mr. White
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Bryan L. Roquemore | ... |
Larry
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Clifford Roquemore II | ... |
Baby Petey
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Brian Breye | ... |
Bantu
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Rose Williams | ... |
Petey's Mother
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Petey's Father
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Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to giving him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen. Written by Ørnås
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November 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-In-Law See more »Filming Locations:
Dunbar Hotel - 4225 S. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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There is no other film quite like "Petey Wheatstraw". My friends and I love cheesy, weird little cult films and we've seen almost ALL of them in almost every genre - the black urban films that were churned out during the 1970's have some classics and some clunkers and Rudy Ray Moore is a fascinating movie "star". A nightclub comic who was famous forhis filthy "poems" - we had enjoyed his other films "Dolemite" and "Disco Godfather" but nothing prepared us for "Petey Wheatstraw" - from the absurd plotline to the garish costumes, the cheap sets, the great music, the bad acting and the awful, laughable fight scenes, this movie has everything!!! You just have to sit back with a beer, a drink, whatever floats your boat and take this thing on. You never can guess what oddity or strange turn of events are around the corner. Rudy Ray Moore, with his out of shape nightclub comic's body, struts around like he's the sexiest thing in the world and the street worn looking women in the film fling themselves at him. His "kung-fu" fighting has to be seen to be believed - my 95 year old grandpa could lift his leg higher!!