The Richard Pryor Special?

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

May 5, 1977

Runtime

60 min

Genres

Comedy , TV Movie

Directed by

John Moffitt

Written by

Rocco Urbisci, Alan Thicke, Paul Mooney, Bob Ellison, Richard Pryor

Language

English

Budget

Revenue

Status

Released

Cast

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Richard Pryor

Self / Various

Maya Angelou

Willie's Wife

Shirley Hemphill

Pushy Fan from Tour Group

LaWanda Page

Sister Mabel Williams

Glynn Turman

Booster Johnson

John Belushi

Slave Driver / Bartender

Lois January

Azizi Johari

Peter Cullen

Arnold Johnson

Kristoff St. John

Dick Anthony Williams

Mike Evans

Erik Kilpatrick

Sandra Bernhard

Cast33 cast members

Richard Pryor

Self / Various

Maya Angelou

Willie's Wife

Shirley Hemphill

Pushy Fan from Tour Group

LaWanda Page

Sister Mabel Williams

William Guest

Merald Knight

Edward Patten

Glynn Turman

John Belushi

Slave Driver / Bartender

Falstaff Wilde

Pat Hodges

Denita James

Jessica Smith

Lois January

John Wheeler

Alice Jubert

Debbie Hoffman

Janice Morgan

Jan-Minika Hughes

Diane Whitmore

Yvonne Mooney

Azizi Johari

Peter Cullen

Norma Miller

Jeri Gray

Arnold Johnson

Eddie Singleton

Kristoff St. John

Dick Anthony Williams

Mike Evans

Erik Kilpatrick

Sandra Bernhard

Ludie C. Washington

Crew12 crew members

John Moffitt

Rocco Urbisci

Alan Thicke

Paul Mooney

Bob Ellison

Richard Pryor

Maya Angelou

Garry Blye

Burt Sugarman

Bill Bohnert

Harry Blake

Donl Morse