DOLEMITE

Details

• Release Year: 1975
• Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Dolemite is a 1975 blaxploitation feature film, and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack.; Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s, heard around that time a rhymed toast by a local homeless man about an urban hero named Dolemite, and decided to adopt the persona of Dolemite as an alter-ego in his act. He included the character on his 1970 debut album, Eat Out More Often, which reached the top 25 on the Billboard charts. He released several more comedy albums using this persona. In 1975, Moore decided to create a film about Dolemite, using many of his friends and fellow comedians as cast and crew. The film was directed by D'Urville Martin, who appears as the villain Willie Green.
• Cast: Rudy Ray Moore, D'Urville Martin, Jerry Jones, Lady Reed, Brenda DeLong, Terri Mosley, Marilyn Shaw, Lynell Smith, Vera Howard, Joy Martin, Jana Bisbing, Brenda Banks, Pat Haywood, René Van Clief, Pat Jones, Lola Mayo, Charlene Soulter, Dino Washington, Hy Pyke, Vainus Rackstraw, West Gale, Vincent Barbi, John Kerry, Johnny J. Brown, Cardella Di Milo, James Ingram, Jimmy Lynch
• Director: D'Urville Martin
• Runtime: 1:31
• Company: Xenon
• Media Format: Movie