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The Richard Pryor Special? (1977) — Ligoscope

The Richard Pryor Special?

Film · 1977

The Richard Pryor Special?

60 min · Directed by John Moffitt

Comedy TV Movie

7.26
ratings

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.

Cast

Richard Pryor

Richard Pryor

Self / Various

Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

Willie's Wife

Shirley Hemphill

Shirley Hemphill

Pushy Fan from Tour Group

LaWanda Page

LaWanda Page

Sister Mabel Williams

William Guest

Self

Merald Knight

Self

Edward Patten

Self

Glynn Turman

Glynn Turman

Booster Johnson

John Belushi

John Belushi

Slave Driver / Bartender

Falstaff Wilde

Pat Hodges

Choir

Denita James

Choir

Jessica Smith

Self

Lois January

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

Azizi Johari

Self

Peter Cullen

Peter Cullen

Drunken Bar Patron

Norma Miller

Bar Patron

Crew

Director: John Moffitt
Producer: Burt Sugarman, Bob Ellison
Writer: Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor, Rocco Urbisci, Alan Thicke, Bob Ellison, Stevie Wonder
Casting: Paul Mooney
Art Direction: Bill Bohnert
Makeup: Harry Blake, Donl Morse

Details

Studios: Burt Sugarman Productions
Countries: United States of America
Release: May 5, 1977

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