Petey Wheatstraw (1977) — action, comedy, fantasy film. Directed by Cliff Roquemore. Starring Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels, Ernest Mayhand. This page maps 6 characters and 10 relationships between them as an interactive character network.
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A comedian's journey from street survival to supernatural revenge, culminating in a defiant pact with the Devil and a terrifying unresolved ending.
Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror · 5.5/10 · 99 min · 1977
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.
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