Greased Lightning Movie Review 1977

The story of the first black auto racing champion, Wendell Scott, who had to overcome racial prejudice to achieve his success. Slightly better-than-average Pryor comedy vehicle.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Checkered Flag, Biopics: Sports, African America

Screenplay

Leon Capetanos, Melvin Van Peebles

Cast

Richard Pryor, Pam Grier, Beau Bridges, Cleavon Little, Vincent Gardenia

Director

Michael A. Schultz

Music

Fred Karlin