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Petey Wheatstraw (1977)
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November 1977 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisUser Comments:
Gotta love the theme song! moreCast
(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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Dunbar Hotel - 4225 S. Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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Revealing mistakes: In the closing credits , the martial arts performers are listed as "marshall arts performers". moreSoundtrack:
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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.