Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.
- prison
- martial arts
- cocaine
- revenge
- murder
- blaxploitation cinema
- shootout
- police corruption
- massage parlor
- drugs
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Cardella Di Milo — Mrs. Edwards
- Hy Pyke — Mayor Daley
- Wesley Gale — Reverend Gibbs (as West Gale)
- John Kerry — Detective Mitchell
- Dino Washington — Willie Green Henchman (Blue Suit)
- Vincent Barbi — Mayor's Thug (as Vince Barbi)
- Vainus Rackstraw — Creeper / The Hamburger Pimp
- Brenda DeLong — Dolemite Girl
- Larry Justin — Mr. Burns (uncredited)
- Directed
- D'Urville Martin
- Written
- Jerry Jones
Production
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 · 137 ratings
- Studio
- Comedian Intl Enterprise Productions (C.I.E.), Dimension Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
