Petey Wheatstraw
Release Date: 1977-11-01
Runtime: 99 min
Director: Cliff Roquemore
Producer(s): Theodore Toney
Production Country: United States of America
Original Language: English
Overview:
Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) 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.
Cast:
Crew:
Cecelia Hall (Editor), Al Ramirez (Sound), Jimmy Lynch (Art Direction), Jack Tucker (Editor), Cliff Roquemore (Director), Jimmy Lynch (Costume Design), Burt Steiger (Executive Producer), Nat Dove (Original Music Composer), Theodore Toney (Producer), Cliff Roquemore (Writer), Marva Farmer (Production Manager), Nicholas Josef von Sternberg (Director of Photography)