Dolemite

"With his All-Girl Army of Kung Fu Killers!"

1975 1h 30m EN

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5.8

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★5.8TMDB · 138

ActionComedyCrime

Synopsis

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Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mitchell busted for what they did to him.

“With his All-Girl Army of Kung Fu Killers!”

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Cast

Rudy Ray Moore
Dolemite
D'Urville Martin
Willie Green
Lady Reed
Queen Bee
Jerry Jones
Blakeley
Cardella Di Milo
Mrs. Edwards
Hy Pyke
Mayor Daley
Wesley Gale
Reverend Gibbs (as West Gale)
John Kerry
Detective Mitchell

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: D'Urville Martin
Writers: Jerry Jones
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $12M — a 100.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Dolemite Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by D'Urville Martin, shot by Nicholas Josef von Sternberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Arthur Wright. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Rex Lipton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

D'Urville Martin directs. Nicholas Josef von Sternberg behind the camera. Arthur Wright scores. Rex Lipton cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $0.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
3Grossed $12M — a 100.0× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
451 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
5Part of the "Dolemite Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6Directed by D'Urville Martin, shot by Nicholas Josef von Sternberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Arthur Wright. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Rex Lipton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Rudy Ray Moore and D'Urville Martin and Lady Reed carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "With his All-Girl Army of Kung Fu Killers!".
11IMDB entry: tt0072895 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 12 themes, including "prison", "martial arts", "cocaine", "revenge".