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Bebe Drake, Lonette McKee, Margaret Avery

This 1977 American variation on Lina Wertmuller's The Seduction of Mimi, the story of a stupid man's troubles in sex and politics, is a run-of-the-mill Richard Pryor vehicle. Noteworthy only f...( read more  read more... )or its casting of two good actresses, Lonette McKee and Margaret Avery, and Pryor's multiple roles as an orange picker, a lecherous old man, and a minister, the film is made without a lot of care or effort to rise to Wertmuller's satiric accomplishment. --Tom Keogh

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R, 94 min.

Directed by: Michael Schultz

Release Date: January 1, 1977

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DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002

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  • Lencho
    August 25, 2009
    Lencho
    its richard pryor yall!
  • Blaxunshine
    June 14, 2009
    Blaxunshine
    I must not know what's funny lately but I found this to be a weak entry in the Pryor catalog (even if he does take on three roles). Pryor made a much better movie about the union in the 70s and it's called Blue Collar
  • rayman0071
    May 9, 2009
    rayman0071
    Hilarious as hell. A Richard Pryor classic mention to be seen.
  • williamt84
    April 20, 2009
    williamt84
    This movie showcased Pryors comedic acting prowess. He kept me rivited with the onslaught of funni"isms"

    The father was the show stealer
  • ladyrt23
    June 7, 2008
    ladyrt23
    Gotta love Richard Pryor. This movie will have you laughing non-stop.
  • manly500usa
    February 10, 2008
    manly500usa
    Richard Pryor is playing three different roles here. The first being a poor orange picker named Leroy Jones who gets laid off when by mistake he joins the worker's union during one of their demonstrations. Afterwards he is forced to leave his wife and family behind which also inc...( read more)ludes Leroy's father (also played by Pryor) to go to Los Angeles. Leroy ends up working for the same company that fired him back home. He is a manager at the company but he is now distant from his former pals. He meets and falls in love with Vanetta who is a labor organizer which leaves him splitting time between his wife Annie Mae and Vanetta. When Leroy finds out that the Reverend Lenox Thomas (also played by Pryor) has got his wife pregnant while he was absent, he then make the moves on the reverend's wife.
  • MzSweetP
    February 9, 2008
    MzSweetP
    VERY, VERY FUNNY MOVIE
  • dpatillo2004
    February 5, 2008
    dpatillo2004
    If you have'nt seen this one you don't know Jack about Richard Pryor
  • tamicaM
    October 27, 2007
    tamicaM
    you don't stop laughing at Richard Pryor

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