Willie Dynamite is a 1973 American blaxploitation film directed by Gilbert Moses and starring Roscoe Orman, Diana Sands, Thalmus Rasulala, Joyce Walker, and was released by Universal Pictures.

Their entrance into the Business International Association convention - by entering as an ensemble through the hotel's main doors in-sync with the title song's description of them - has all the men in the room ogling them.

Many conventioneers - including even a pair of police officers - take the women to their hotel rooms.

This is a business, baby, a production line, and just like GM, Ford, Chrysler, Willie's comin' through."

Cora encourages Pashen to change her life, and, as she's so young and pretty, to become a model and get paid for it.

After this second arrest, Pashen finally decides to take Cora's advice about pursuing modeling, and does a photo-shoot for which she gets paid.

Willie's life is spiraling downward, as he finds all his bank accounts have been frozen, and he's under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service.

In the end, Willie thinks back on past events, and after hearing news of his mother's dying, leaves his car - and by inference, pimping - for good.

[1] Blaxploitation films would present a black character, usually shown in the ghetto, characterized by poverty, drugs, and violence.

The charge is suspicion of armed robbery, fitting a description of wearing a brown coat.

Celli, the white detective, reads the newspaper and tells Pointer that he may have to leave the force for his religion.

Celli complains that Pointer is too orthodox in his ways, another example of white police looking for a shortcut to make money.

Inside the courtroom, when Willie is detained for possession, he announces that the police have obtained evidence without a warrant.

This is a recurring example in blaxploitation films, where corrupt police use unorthodox ways to catch black criminals.

This might be cited as an example of the filmmakers' desire to position it as a more serious example of the genre, the idea being that life has more value than is generally displayed in such films.

Additionally, the idea of a Black Muslim cop lecturing Willie about what he is doing to "our people" was another unique touch.

Willie Dynamite premiered at the Woods Theatre in Chicago on December 19, 1973[4] and grossed $54,585 in its first week.