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1977·Fantasy·1h 39m
7.0
Petey Wheatstraw is a candidate to become the devil's son-in-law. The storyline is a scaffolding on which Rudy Ray Moore's standup humor can be unfolded. Beginning life as the afterbirth to a watermelon, the young Wheatstraw becomes a martial artist, but is unable to best the evil comedy team of Leroy and Skillet, who also indulge in wholesale murder. Satan restores the comedians' victims to life, and charges Petey with the task of marrying his clock-stoppingly ugly daughter to give him a grandchild. When Petey attempts to default on the deal, he is pursued by the devil's henchmen.
Directed by Cliff Roquemore

Cast

Rudy Ray Moore
Rudy Ray Moore
Petey
Leroy Daniels
Leroy Daniels
Leroy
Ernest Mayhand
Ernest Mayhand
Skillet
Ebony Wright
Ebony Wright
Nell / Devil's Daughter
G. Tito Shaw
G. Tito Shaw
Lucipher
Sy Richardson
Sy Richardson
Petey's Father
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
D.J.
Lady Reed
Lady Reed
Secretary

Crew

Cliff Roquemore
Cliff Roquemore
Director
Cliff Roquemore
Cliff Roquemore
Writer

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Fidlgb
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Petey Wheatstraw
“Romance without finance is a damn nuisance.”
“Romance without finance is a damn nuisance.”
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ISeentEm
ISeentEm
Petey Wheatstraw
Funny as hell and a good companion viewing with the luchador movie I watched. The montages are great in this, particularly Ghetto Street USA and the demon bachelor party, and the depiction of the devil is one of the best I’ve seen.
Funny as hell and a good companion viewing with the luchador movie I watched. The montages are great in this, particularly Ghetto Street USA and the demon bachelor party, and the depiction of the devil is one of the best I’ve seen.
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Madlo
Madlo
Petey Wheatstraw
I gotta give it points for creativity, I had no clue where this shit was going.
I gotta give it points for creativity, I had no clue where this shit was going.
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Grilliam
Petey Wheatstraw
These movies are definitely terribly made, but they are so much fun that it is easy to overlook. There tons of times where I was 100% laughing at the movie, but more often I was laughing with it. Petey Wheatstraw knows that it's dumb and goofy and makes no sense. Rudy Ray Moore is a terrible actor, so it's great news that he doesn't do much acting here. He's doing the same dumb shit he always is: speaking in rhymes for no reason, doing some of the slowest, low-impact karate I've ever seen, and working real hard to convince us that he's a badass. I could spend hours running through everything the film does wrong, but none of those things really matter in a movie like this. This is just a fun movie that has no intentions of being anything else.
These movies are definitely terribly made, but they are so much fun that it is easy to overlook. There tons of times where I was 100% laughing at the movie, but more often I was laughing with it. Petey Wheatstraw knows that it's dumb and goofy and makes no sense. Rudy Ray Moore is a terrible actor, so it's great news that he doesn't do much acting here. He's doing the same dumb shit he always is: speaking in rhymes for no reason, doing some of the slowest, low-impact karate I've ever seen, and working real hard to convince us that he's a badass. I could spend hours running through everything the film does wrong, but none of those things really matter in a movie like this. This is just a fun movie that has no intentions of being anything else.
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viv
viv
Petey Wheatstraw
this is too glorious to even rate
this is too glorious to even rate
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