List of the best De Wayne Jessie movies: Halls of Anger(1969), D.C. Cab(1983), Sparkle(1976), Car Wash(1976), Thank God It's Friday(1978) ... ...
Drama
USA
1969
100 Minutes
Calvin Lockhart Janet MacLachlan Jeff Bridges James A. Watson Jr. De Wayne Jessie Ed Asner John McLiam Rob Reiner Patricia Stich Gary Tigerman
student teacher principal militant basketball player teen boy fiery powerful los angeles locker room classroom library racism race relations high school illiteracy strike growing up rivalry 1960s
An all-black inner city school has to become an integrated school. Few dozen white kids are transferred there, but the black students are aggressively opposed to this. The school then approaches a tough black teacher for help.
Comedy
USA
1983
99 Minutes
Adam Baldwin Mr. T Gary Busey Max Gail Anne De Salvo Charlie Barnett Gloria Gifford Marsha Warfield Bill Maher De Wayne Jessie Paul Rodriguez
taxi driver business owner wife coworker brother offbeat madcap washington, d.c. diner club swimming pool airport cab reward racism sexual harassment kidnapping failing business rescue underdog
The misadventures of a group of unfortunate but street-wise cabbies working for a Washington, D.C. decrepit taxicab company.
Musical
USA
1976
100 Minutes
Philip Michael Thomas Irene Cara Lonette McKee Dwan Smith Mary Alice Dorian Harewood Tony King Beatrice Winde Paul Lambert Joyce Easton De Wayne Jessie
mother singer sister songwriter gangster pimp emotional tense harlem, n.y. church long island, n.y. stage club apartment sibling rivalry show business drug addiction kidnapping struggle fame
Three sisters form a singing group in 1950s Harlem, but success threatens to ruin their relationship forever.
Comedy
USA
1976
97 Minutes
Richard Pryor Franklin Ajaye George Carlin Sully Boyar Richard Brestoff Professor Irwin Corey Ivan Dixon Bill Duke Antonio Fargas Michael Fennell Arthur French
preacher cab driver employee customer ex-convict owner hilarious quirky los angeles ghetto poverty drugs social standing friendship romance growing up 1970s
A comedic take on the daily life of car-wash employees, chronicling their hopes, fears, joys, dreams, and tribulations, and meeting some eccentric customers along the way.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1978
90 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Valerie Landsburg Debra Winger Donna Summer Terri Nunn Chick Vennera Ray Vitte Andrea Howard Robin Menken John Friedrich Paul Jabara
blue-collar worker underage girl singer dancer club owner dj lighthearted amusing los angeles nightclub stage nightlife disco ambition dating dance love adventure 1970s
A Friday in the life of the disco club the Zoo, where the staff and clients meet and dance their their lives away.