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Bookmark this pageGreased Lightning (1977)
Director: Michael Schultz
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Anyone who enjoyed Car Wash should be warned that Schultz admits only to having done a wrap-up 'fireman's job' on this woeful biopic featuring a smiling Pryor as Wendell Scott, the first black US stock car driver. Although Melvin Van Peebles evidently directed most of it, a doubt still remains as to who should be held finally responsible for the finished cornball mish-mash, since Schultz's subsequent film (Which Way Is Up?) bears an ominous resemblance to the style and tone of this relentlessly indulgent comedy-romance.Author: JPy
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Schultz
Producer: Hannah Weinstein
Cast: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia, Richie Havens full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 96 mins
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