Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Genre : Comedy
Runtime : 1H 22M
Director : Joe Layton
Synopsis
Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.
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