Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling
Drama
Comedy
Fantasy
A comic with one eye on his audience and another eye on the truth.
Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks back on his life. Drifting off into memories of his troubled childhood, Jo Jo revisits his youth, recalling his eventual rise to fame and the decadence that followed. As he considers his existence, he must decide if he wants to go on living or not.
1986-05-02
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Cast
Director
Richard Pryor
Richard Pryor as Jo Jo Dancer / Alter Ego
Debbie Allen as Michelle
Art Evans as Arturo
Fay Hauser as Grace
Barbara Williams as Dawn
Carmen McRae as Grandmother
Paula Kelly as Satin Doll
Diahnne Abbott as Mother
Billy Eckstine as Johnny Barnett
Tanya Boyd as Alicia
Wings Hauser as Cliff
Michael Ironside as Detective Lawrence
Mike Genovese as Gino
Marlene Warfield as Sonja
Virginia Capers as Emma Ray
Dennis Farina as Freddy
Frederick Coffin as Dr. Weissman
Ken Foree as Big Jake
Gloria Charles as Lady at Grandmother's House
Mary Bond Davis as Lady at Grandmother's House
Bebe Drake as Angry Prostitute (as Bebe Drake-Massey)
Rocco Urbisci as Screening Room Director
Beau Starr as Vito
Dennis Hayden as Policeman #1
Sam Hennings as Policeman #2
Charles Knapp as Fat Man
Joanna Lipari as Nightclub Patron