Greased Lightning
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| Directed by | Michael Schultz |
| Produced by | Lester Berman Hannah Weinstein |
| Written by | Leon Capetanos Lawrence DuKore Melvin Van Peebles Kenneth Vose |
| Starring | Richard Pryor Beau Bridges Pam Grier |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | July 1, 1977 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Language | English |
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Greased Lightning is a 1977 biographical film, starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges and Pam Grier, and directed by Michael Schultz. Greased Lightning is a film loosely based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first African American stock car racing champion in the United States.
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[edit] Synopsis
"Greased Lightning" is a film loosely based on the biography of Wendell Oliver Scott, the first black American stock-car racing champion. Richard Pryor is "Wendell Scott", a taxi cab driver in post-World War II, who learns his craft for car racing by transporting illegal moonshine in the backwoods of Virginia. By the mid-1960s, he was a veteran driver who had won his battles with the white racetrack owners and police officers. Pam Grier is Mary Jones, Wendell Scott's wife, and Beau Bridges is Wendell's good friend and race-car driver.
[edit] Cast
- Richard Pryor — Wendell Scott
- Beau Bridges — Hutch
- Pam Grier — Mary Jones
- Cleavon Little — Peewee
- Vincent Gardenia — Sheriff Cotton
- Richie Havens — Woodrow
- Julian Bond — Russell
- Earl Hindman — Beau Welles
- Minnie Gentry — Wendell's Mother
- Lucy Saroyan — Hutch's Wife
- Noble Willingham — Billy Joe Byrnes
- Bruce Atkins — Deputy Turner
- Steve Fifield — Deputy Drinkwater
- Bill Cobbs — Mr. Jones
- Georgia Allen — Mrs. Jones
