Willie Dynamite (1974)

Director:

Gilbert Moses

Writers:

Ron Cutler (screenplay)
Ron Cutler (story)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Tagline:

Ain't no one crosses WILLIE "D"

Plot:

A social worker tries to get a pimp to change his ways. |

Plot Keywords:

Pimp | 1970s | Pimpmobile | Urban Decay | Detective

Cast

Roscoe Orman	...	William Andrew Short aka Willie Dynamite
Diana Sands	...	Cora
Thalmus Rasulala	...	Robert Daniels
Joyce Walker	...	Pashen
Roger Robinson	...	Bell
George Murdock	...	Celli
Albert Hall	...	Pointer
Norma Donaldson	...	Honey
Juanita Brown	...	Sola
Royce Wallace	...	Mrs. Short - Willie's Mother
Judith M. Brown	...	Gorgia
Marilyn Coleman	...	Connie
Mary Charlotte Wilcox	...	Scatback
Marcia McBroom	...	Pearl
Jack Bernardi	...	Willie's Lawyer

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: When Willie is talking to Cora at the end of the movie, there is a light scar along his right cheek. As he's leaving her apartment, the scar not only gets noticeably worse, but additional scars also mysteriously appear on his forehead and nose. Yet when Willie comes out of the apartment building to see his car being towed, all of the scars are gone.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "TCM Underground: Willie Dynamite/Sweet Jesus, Preacherman (#1.61)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Willie D.

Not your average pimp film.

Willie Dynamite is most certainly one of the most flamboyant pimps to ever grace the screen and his "stable" of beautiful women are frequently scantily clad, but don't let the smooth taste fool you, Willie Dynamite is not your average pimp film.

"Willie Dynamite" was at times thought-provoking, frequently intense and entertaining throughout. Watching Willie Dynamite fall from pimp grace makes for some interesting drama.

Roscoe Orman is great as the fallen pimp and Diana Sands is brilliant as always but there is much to be said about the performance of the young Joyce Walker, Willie's newest and most inexperienced 'treat'. This film's motto seems to be 'even an old dog can learn new tricks' as each of the main characters undergo some form of transformation before the credits start rolling.

8/10 stars