Disco Godfather

Disco Godfather
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	J. Robert Wagoner
Produced by	Rudy Ray Moore; Theodore Toney
Written by	Cliff Roquemore; J. Robert Wagoner
Starring	Rudy Ray Moore; Carol Speed
Music by	Ernie Fields Jr.
Cinematography	Arledge Armenaki
Edited by	Garner M.J. Morris
Distributed by	Transvue Pictures
Release date	September 1979
Running time	93 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Disco Godfather (also known as The Avenging Disco Godfather) is a 1979 American action film starring Rudy Ray Moore and Carol Speed, directed by J. Robert Wagoner and released by Transvue Pictures.[1] J. Robert Wagoner wrote and directed Disco Godfather while living in The Hotel Carver.

Commonly considered a blaxploitation film, the plot centers on Moore's character, a retired cop who owns and operates a disco and tries to shut down the local angel dust (PCP) dealer after his nephew (Julius Carry) gets "whacked out" on the drug. Another PCP user's claim to have served her own baby as Easter dinner constitutes a version of the urban legend known as "The Baby-Roast."

The Disco Godfather's trademark phrase is his encouragement of the disco patrons to "Put your weight on it, put your weight on it, put your weight on it!".[1]

The film also served as the debut of Keith David, who has an unbilled bit part as a patron in the nightclub.[2]

Cast

Rudy Ray Moore as Tucker Williams
Carol Speed as Noel
Jimmy Lynch as Sweetmeat
Jerry Jones as Dr. Fred Mathis
Lady Reed as Mrs. Edwards
Hawthorne James (as James H. Hawthorne) as Stinger Ray
Julius Carry (as Julius J. Carry III) as Bucky
Hazel Spears as Ellen Davis
Frank Finn as Lt. Frank Hayes
Pucci Jhones as the Angel of Death

References

Lanier, Hunter (August 2, 2018). "Disco Godfather". Film Threat.
Gross, Linda (April 30, 1980). "'Disco Godfather' Snuffs Angel Dust". Los Angeles Times. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. p. G5. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved 2012-08-17.

External links

Disco Godfather at IMDb
Disco Godfather at the TCM Movie Database

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[FT-1] Lanier, Hunter (August 2, 2018). "Disco Godfather". Film Threat.

[2] Gross, Linda (April 30, 1980). "'Disco Godfather' Snuffs Angel Dust". Los Angeles Times. Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. p. G5. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved 2012-08-17.