Disco Godfather (1979) on Netflix
NR19791h 33mActionComedyCrimeDramaThriller
Tucker Williams spins records as the Disco Godfather at his Blueberry Hill club. When his nephew Bucky is hospitalized after taking angel dust, the retired cop sets out against the drug.
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Plot summary
Tucker Williams, a retired policeman, owns and operates the Blueberry Hill discotheque and spins records there as the Disco Godfather. His nephew Bucky, a basketball star, is in the audience one night and goes outside to score angel dust. Bucky returns hallucinating and is taken to a hospital under the care of Dr. Mathis. Tucker visits him, is told the recovery will take a while, and sees the crowded PCP-victim ward room, where a young woman cradles a doll. He determines to wipe out the PCP menace, and Lieutenant Hayes expresses support for the crusade.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Disco Godfather (1979)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Disco Godfather served as the film debut of Keith David, who has an unbilled bit part as a patron in the nightclub.
SPOILER
In the film, a PCP user's claim to have served her own baby as Easter dinner is a version of the urban legend known as "The Baby-Roast."
