The Richard Pryor Special?
1977 | 60m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | John Moffitt |
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| Writer: | Bob Ellison, Rocco Urbisci, Alan Thicke, Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor |
| Staring: |
| Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada and others are taping their own segments. | |
| Release Date: | May 05, 1977 |
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| Director: | John Moffitt |
| Writer: | Bob Ellison, Rocco Urbisci, Alan Thicke, Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor |
| Genres: | Comedy, TV Movie |
| Keywords | |
| Production Companies | Burt Sugarman Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard Pryor | Self / Various |
| Maya Angelou | Willie's Wife |
| Shirley Hemphill | Pushy Fan from Tour Group |
| LaWanda Page | Sister Mabel Williams |
| William Guest | Self |
| Merald Knight | Self |
| Edward Patten | Self |
| Glynn Turman | Booster Johnson |
| John Belushi | Slave Driver / Bartender |
| Falstaff Wilde | |
| Pat Hodges | Choir |
| Denita James | Choir |
| Jessica Smith | Self |
| Lois January | Older Woman |
| John Wheeler | Security Guard |
| Alice Jubert | Self |
| Debbie Hoffman | Self |
| Janice Morgan | Self |
| Jan-Minika Hughes | Self |
| Diane Whitmore | Self |
| Yvonne Mooney | Self |
| Azizi Johari | Self |
| Peter Cullen | Drunken Bar Patron |
| Norma Miller | Bar Patron |
| Jeri Gray | Bar Patron |
| Arnold Johnson | Old Man |
| Eddie Singleton | Kid |
| Kristoff St. John | Kid |
| Dick Anthony Williams | Writer |
| Mike Evans | Writer |
| Erik Kilpatrick | Writer |
| Sandra Bernhard | Writer |
| Ludie C. Washington | Writer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Moffitt | Director |
| Bob Ellison | Writer |
| Bill Bohnert | Art Direction |
| Harry Blake | Makeup Artist |
| Donl Morse | Makeup Artist |
| Rocco Urbisci | Writer |
| Alan Thicke | Writer |
| Paul Mooney | Casting, Writer |
| Richard Pryor | Writer |
| Maya Angelou | Additional Writing |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Garry Blye | Associate Producer |
| Bob Ellison | Producer |
| Burt Sugarman | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
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