Willie Dynamite
| Willie Dynamite | |
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| Directed by | Gilbert Moses |
| Written by | Ron Cutler Joe Keyes, Jr. |
| Produced by | David Brown Richard D. Zanuck |
| Starring | Roscoe Orman Diana Sands Thalmus Rasulala Joyce Walker |
| Cinematography | Frank Stanley |
| Edited by | Aaron Stell |
| Music by | J. J. Johnson |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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.