The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman into their group, taking a woman from another pimp, and the rules and regulations of pimping. The men are clear: it's about money.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes55%
Metacritic59/100
33 audience votes
Key crew
- Allen HughesDirector
- Albert HughesDirector
Cast
- John S. DicksonHimself (as Rosebudd)
- Antonio FargasLink Brown
- Heidi FleissHerself (archive footage)
- L. HammondPayroll the Pimp
- Dennis HofHimself
- Bishop Don Magic JuanHimself
- Max JulienHimself
- Rudy Ray MooreDolemite
- Roscoe OrmanWillie Dynamite
- Kenny ReddK-Redd
- Too $hortToo $hort
- Clarence SimsHimself (as Fillmore Slim)
Themes
pimp