Petey Wheatstraw (1977)

It’s not the best Rudy Ray Moore movie, I think that’s still The Human Tornado, but it’s absolutely worth watching.

This doesn’t follow Dolemite at all, but the titular Petey Wheatstraw, a comedian who made a deal with the devil that he intends to back out from.

I’d say it’s about as funny as Dolemite (1975), and a perfect entry into Rudy Ray Moore. It has the rhyming, the awkward fighting, iconic lines with iconic line deliveries, all the things I love in one of these movies, plus a lot more delightfully low budget special effects!

As always, highly recommended. The best way to watch this if you’ve already seen Rudy Ray Moore’s other movies is by showing it to someone who has never heard of them at all.