Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
- movie business
- 1970s
- comedian
- biography
- based on true story
- blaxploitation cinema
- period drama
- filmmaking
- complex
- bold
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Eddie Murphy
Rudy Ray Moore
Wesley Snipes
D’Urville Martin
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Lady Reed
Keegan-Michael Key
Jerry Jones
- Mike Epps — Jimmy Lynch
- Craig Robinson — Ben Taylor
- Tituss Burgess — Theodore Toney
- Kodi Smit-McPhee — Nick von Sternberg
- Snoop Dogg — Roj
- Ron Cephas Jones — Rico
- Barry Shabaka Henley — Demond
- T.I. — Walter Crane
- Luenell — Aunt
- Tasha Smith — Jimmy's Wife
- Chris Rock — Bobby Vale
- Directed
- Craig Brewer
- Written
- Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski
Production
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 · 1,305 ratings
- Studio
- Davis Entertainment
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