Dolemite

1975
R
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

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B-Action Action Comedy Crime

After he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.After he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.After he is released from jail, a pimp takes on the criminals and corrupt police officers who framed him in the first place.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

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Trivia
The script called for a "penny hustler," but Rudy Ray Moore and Jerry Jones were unable to find a suitable actor through Moore's acquaintances or among Jones' acting class students. After filming began, Moore and Jones were traveling down Western Avenue in Los Angeles when they spotted the exact type of character they were looking for hustling on the street. They pulled over, Jones got out and talked to the man, and Vanius Rackstraw was hired as "The Creeper / Hamburger Pimp" on the spot.

Goofs
A sound effects man is visible on screen, clapping, during one fight scene.

Quotes
Dolemite: Ghosts? If you ever see a ghost, cut the motherfucker.

Connections
Featured in The Best of Sex and Violence (1982)

Soundtracks
Dolemite
Composed by Ben A. Taylor (as Ben Taylor)
Music played by Different Bag and Revelation Funk Band
Sung by Ben A. Taylor (as Ben Taylor)

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Featured review

7/10

Classic Blaxploitation, plus great hats

"Dolemite" was definitely not made for a "rat-soup-eatin', insecure honky MF" like me but I liked it anyway. The movie is a 'Blaxploitation classic' (which some people may consider an oxymoron) – it's hard to say what's worse: the acting or the karate fights, but it's also hard to say what's better: the pimp suits or the funk. I find it amusing that these extremely crude, subversive, counterculture movies now show up, unedited, on TV Turner Classic Movies – it's like seeing poisonous snakes in a display case at a petting zoo. Times have certainly changed. Worth watching for its own sake as well as from a cultural history perspective, as a lot of modern comedy and rap culture are rooted in movies like this.