Petey Wheatstraw (1977)
Have No Fear, It's the Comedy Smash of the Year!
100 min
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.
- Release date
- November 1, 1977
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Rudy Ray Moore as Petey
- Jimmy Lynch as Jimmy
- Jimmy Lynch as Wino
- Leroy Daniels as Leroy
- Ernest Mayhand as Skillet
- Ebony Wright as Nell
- Ebony Wright as Devil's Daughter
- Steve Gallon as Steve
- G. Tito Shaw as Lucifer
- Ted Clemmons as Ted
- Marvin Jones as Scarface Willie
- George Mireless as Mr. White
Crew
- Cliff Roquemore · Director
- Cliff Roquemore · Writer
- Rudy Ray Moore · Writer
- Theodore Toney · Producer
- Nat Dove · Composer
- Nicholas Josef von Sternberg · Cinematographer
- Cecelia Hall · Editor
- Jack Tucker · Editor