For the 2019 film about Dolemite actor Rudy Ray Moore, see Dolemite Is My Name.
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Dolemite
Original one-sheet poster for Dolemite
Directed by
D'Urville Martin
Screenplay by
Jerry Jones
Story by
Rudy Ray Moore
Produced by
Rudy Ray Moore
Starring
Rudy Ray Moore D'Urville Martin Jerry Jones Lady Reed Hy Pyke West Gale John Kerry Vainus Rackstraw
Cinematography
Nicholas Josef von Sternberg
Edited by
Rex Lipton
Music by
Arthur G. Wright
Distributed by
Dimension Pictures
Release date
April 26, 1975 (1975-04-26)
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$100,000 (estimated)
Box office
$12 million[1] or $1.1 million[2]
Dolemite is a 1975 American blaxploitation crime comedy film and is also the name of its principal character, played by Rudy Ray Moore, who co-wrote the film and its soundtrack. Moore, who started his career as a stand-up comedian in the late 1960s, heard a rhymed toast about an urban hero named Dolemite from a regular at the record store where he worked, and decided to adopt the persona as an alter ego in his act.[3]
The film focuses on a professional comedian, pimp, and nightclub owner. He serves a prison sentence after being framed by dirty cops, but he is released by the governor and tasked with dealing with his hometown's illegal drug trade. He uses his prostitutes as a private army, since they are karate-trained martial artists.
^"Jet". Johnson Publishing Company. December 11, 1975 – via Google Books.
^Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
^Reid, Shaheem (April 1, 2002). "Dolemite Tells Dirty Jokes, Warns Snoop Of His Mic Supremacy - Music, Celebrity, Artist News". MTV.com. Retrieved August 17, 2012.
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