Willie Dynamite

Willie Dynamite
Theatrical release poster.
Directed byGilbert Moses
Written byRon Cutler
Joe Keyes, Jr.
Produced byDavid Brown
Richard D. Zanuck
StarringRoscoe Orman
Diana Sands
Thalmus Rasulala
Joyce Walker
CinematographyFrank Stanley
Edited byAaron Stell
Music byJ. J. Johnson
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 19, 1973 (1973-12-19) (Chicago)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Willie Dynamite is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Gilbert Moses and starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker, and was released by Universal Pictures. The eponymous Willie Dynamite is a pimp in New York City, who strives to be number one in the city. As he is trying to do so, a social worker named Cora, is trying to change his ways - as well as those of the women who work for him - for the better. It was the first film produced by the Zanuck-Brown Company.