Directed by John Moffitt   Written by Maya Angelou   Bob Ellison   Langston Hughes   Paul Mooney   Richard Pryor   Alan Thicke   Rocco Urbisci   Cast Richard Pryor ... Self / The Reverend James L. White / Idi Amin Dada / Shoeshine Man / Willie Maya Angelou ... Willie's Wife Shirley Hemphill ... Pushy Fan from Tour Group LaWanda Page ... Sister Mabel Williams William Guest ... Self (as The Pips) Merald Knight ... Self (as The Pips) Edward Patten ... Self (as The Pips) Glynn Turman ... Booster Johnson John Belushi ... Slave Driver / Bartender Falstaff Wilde   Pat Hodges ... Choir (as Hodges James & Smith) Denita James ... Choir (as Hodges James & Smith) Jessica Smith ... Choir (as Hodges James & Smith) Lois January ... Older Woman John Wheeler ... Security Guard Alice Jubert ... Self Debbie Hoffman ... Self Janice Morgan ... Self Jan-Minika Hughes ... Self (as Jan Hughes) Diane Whitmore ... Self Yvonne Mooney ... Self Azizi Johari ... Self (as Azizi) Peter Cullen ... Drunken Bar Patron Norma Miller ... Bar Patron Jeri Gray ... Bar Patron Arnold Johnson ... Old Man Eddie Singleton ... Kid Kristoff St. John ... Kid (as Christoff St. John) Dick Anthony Williams ... Writer (as Dick Williams) Mike Evans ... Writer Erik Kilpatrick ... Writer (as Eric Kilpatrick) Sandra Bernhard ... Woman Writer Ludie C. Washington ... Writer (as Ludie Washington) Produced by Garry Blye   Bob Ellison   Burt Sugarman

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