Movie: The Richard Pryor Special?

Top 10 Billed Cast

Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor

Self / Various

Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou

Willie's Wife

Shirley Hemphill
Shirley Hemphill

Pushy Fan from Tour Group

LaWanda Page
LaWanda Page

Sister Mabel Williams

William Guest
William Guest

Self

Merald Knight
Merald Knight

Self

Edward Patten
Edward Patten

Self

Glynn Turman
Glynn Turman

Booster Johnson

John Belushi
John Belushi

Slave Driver / Bartender

Falstaff Wilde
Falstaff Wilde

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    Richard Pryor wanders around the NBC Studio, encountering various eccentrics. Meanwhile, the Reverend James L. White, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin Dada and others are taping their own segments.

  • Release Date

    1977-05-05

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    7

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