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

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.

stylishgrittydefiantmelancholictenseurban70s vibe

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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