In 1977, Richard Pryorwas on top of the world ... to headline his first major motion picture with the biopic Greased Lightning. As Pryor had long been cast as hip sidekicks and in cameo roles ...

That’s the charm of Greased Lightning ... Starring a career-peaking Richard Pryor as Scott, the film casually morphs from cute love story to breezy bootlegger comedy to gleefully exaggerated ...

Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III was a star of any arena ... Wendell Scott, in “Greased Lightning.” And he was The Wiz in “The Wiz,” which had an all-black cast that included ...

I need nothing from you,’ ” she continued. Pam Grier and Richard Pryor counting money in a scene from 1977’s “Greased Lightning.” Getty Images “When I left, I indicated to him that I ...

Richard Pryor had no problems killing on stage ... blaxploitation actress began dating on the set of 1977’s “Greased Lightning.” On a trip to Barbados, he confessed to her that ...

LOS ANGELES – Actor and comedian Richard Pryor – known for his obscenity ... “Car Wash,” “Greased Lightning” and the hilarious “Blue Collar,” had narrowly escaped death in a ...

Richard Pryor, whose blunt, blue and brilliant comedic confrontations confidently tackled what many stand-up comics before him deemed too shocking to broach, died early Saturday. He was 65.

Then, while the two were filming “Greased Lightning” together ... including the groundbreaking “Richard Pryor: Live in Concert” film, was much truer to who he really was.