Willie Dynamite (1974)
- Directed by
- Gilbert Moses
- Genre
- drama film, blaxploitation film, crime film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 27 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1970s New York, a pimp named Willie Dynamite fights to be the top in his business while a social worker tries to reform him and the women who work for him.
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What happens
Willie Dynamite is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Gilbert Moses and starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker, and was released by Universal Pictures. The eponymous Willie Dynamite is a pimp in New York City, who strives to be number one in the city. As he is trying to do so, a social worker named Cora, is trying to change his ways – as well as those of the women who work for him – for the better. It was the first film produced by the Zanuck-Brown Company. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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