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Director:
Cliff Roquemore
Writer:
Cliff Roquemore (writer)
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Release Date:
November 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy more
Tagline:
Have No Fear, It's the Comedy Smash of the Year!
Plot:
Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Gotta love the theme song! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Rudy Ray Moore ... Petey
Jimmy Lynch ... Jimmy
Leroy Daniels ... Leroy
Ernest Mayhand ... Skillet
Ebony Wright ... Nell / Devil's Daughter
Steve Gallon ... Steve (as Wildman Steve)
G. Tito Shaw ... Lucipher
Ted Clemmons ... Ted
Marvin Jones ... Scarface Willie
George Mireless ... Mr. White
Bryan L. Roquemore ... Larry
Clifford Roquemore II ... Baby Petey
Brian Breye ... Bantu
Rose Williams ... Petey's Mother

Sy Richardson ... Petey's Father
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-In-Law
The Devil's Son-In-Law
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the closing credits , the martial arts performers are listed as "marshall arts performers". more
Quotes:
Petey: I'm gonna get them silly son of a bitches. Let's make it. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in 10 Items or Less (2006) more
Soundtrack:
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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Gotta love the theme song!, 2 September 2005
Author: Golgo-13 from The IMDb Horror Board!

As another review once said, "The written word cannot do justice to the comedic stylings and kung-fu antics of Rudy Ray Moore movies." I agree. Petey Wheatstraw is a movie that must (and should) be seen to be believed. The opening is the birth of Petey. After his mother first passes a watermelon(!), the child is born and the good doctor gives him a few smacks on the butt to get him started. However, Petey is no infant, he's an eleven year old boy, even born with underwear. He proceeds to give the doc a beating until his dad steps in. Young Petey lips off to his father about "disturbing" him for the past nine months (get it?) and then goes after him! Such is Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-In-Law, and it only gets worse (or better?) from here. Full of offensive comedy, horrible kung fu, Moore's rhymes (the original rapper!), and cheap, crazy scenes (Satan's demons have glued on horns, wear red tights, and move like robots), this is a great cult flick not to be missed. FYI, the movie was actually influenced by the real blues artist, Peetie Wheatstraw.

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