Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
- Starring:
- Richard Pryor, Debbie Allen, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard Pryor
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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Popular African-American comedian Jo Jo Dancer is severely burned while free-basing cocaine. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. While hovering between life and death, Dancer flashes back to his childhood, when he grew up in a brothel. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. Dancer decides to become a comic, but has a great many difficulties rising to stardom until he begins making scatological comments about race relations. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists that the movie is not autobiographical. As he rises to fame, Jo Jo has problems controlling his drug addiction and womanizing. Producer/director/writer Richard Pryor insists.....Well, you've caught on by now. If one were able to excise the excruciatingly boring "introspection" scene, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling would stand as an excellent testimonial to Richard Pryor's cutting-edge comic brilliance. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast:
- Richard Pryor - Jo Jo Dancer
- Art Evans - Arturo
- Barbara Williams - Dawn
- Paula Kelly - Satin Doll
- Scoey Mitchell - Father
- E'lon Cox - Little Jo Jo
- Jack Andreozzi - 1st Gangster
- J.J. Barry - Sal
- Dennis Hayden - 1st Policeman
- Marlene Warfield - Sonja
- Michael Prince - Screening Room Producer
- Joanna Lipari - Night Club Patron
- Michael Ironside - Det. Lawrence
- Geraldine Mason - Showgirl
- Jo Ann Mann - Madam
- Linda Hoy - Emergency Room Nurse
- Alicia Shonte Harvey - Waitress
- Dr. Richard Grossman - Dr. Carlyle
- Dennis Farina - Freddy
- Reuben Cannon
- Robin Torell - Michelle's Dance Partner
- Erastus Spencer - Mr. Spencer
- Elizabeth Robinson - Secretary
- Laura Rae - Dawn's Friend
- Kiblena Peace - Joy
- Angella Mitchell - Showgirl
- Sig Frohlich - Ziggy
- Charlie Dell - 1st John
- Jimmy Binkley Group - Hose Band at Spencer's
- Michael Williams - Raymond
- Rod Gist - Manager
- Mary Bond Davis - Lady at Grandmother's House
- Virginia Capers - Emma Ray
- Frederick Coffin - Dr. Weissman
- Debbie Allen - Michelle
- Fay Hauser - Grace
- Carmen McRae - Grandmother
- Diahnne Abbott - Mother
- Billy Eckstine - Johnny Barnett
- Gary Allen - Male Heckler
- Martin Azarow - 2nd Gangster
- Michael Genovese - Gino
- Ludie Washington - Backstage Manager
- Beau Starr - Vito
- Valerie McIntosh - Lady at Gradmother's House
- Charles Knapp - Fat Man
- Sam Hennings - 2nd Policeman
- Erika Marr - Showgirl
- Rashon Kahn - Bodyguard
- Edwin Hausam - Desk Clerk
- Teri Hafford - Olivia
- Wings Hauser - Cliff
- Bebe Drake - Angry Prostitute
- Cheri Wells - Lady at Grandmother's House
- Dewayne Taylor - Boy on Bus
- Roxanne Rolle - Showgirl
- Edy Roberts - Madelyn
- Deon Pearson - Charlie
- Tracy Morgan - Female Heckler
- Dorothy McLennan - Dorothy
- Howard L.W. Fortune - Hotel Bouncer
- Richard Daugherty - 2nd John
- Rocco Urbisci - Screening Room Director
- Dean Wein - Stage Hand
- Ken Foree - Big Jake
- Tanya Boyd - Alicia
- Gloria Charles - Lady at Grandmother's House
- Director(s):
- Richard Pryor
- Writer(s):
- Rocco Urbisci, Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney
- Producer(s):
- Richard Pryor
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Violence, Profanity, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Nudity)
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