American Pimp
American Pimp
Documentary

American Pimp

2000
87 min
5.7
56.6%
User Score
(29 votes)

Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman into their group, taking a woman from another pimp, and the rules and regulations of pimping. The men are clear: it's about money.

DIRECTED BY

Allen Hughes

STARRING

John S. Dickson, Antonio Fargas, Heidi Fleiss, L. Hammond, Dennis Hof

Videos & Trailers

Official Trailer
1080p
Trailer

Official Trailer

Albert Hughes: "American Pimp" was the Lowest Point in Our Careers (Part 16)
2160p
Featurette

Albert Hughes: "American Pimp" was the Lowest Point in Our Careers (Part 16)

Cast

John S. Dickson

Himself (as Rosebudd)

Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

Link Brown

Heidi Fleiss

Heidi Fleiss

Herself (archive footage)

L. Hammond

Payroll the Pimp

Dennis Hof

Himself

Bishop Don Magic Juan

Bishop Don Magic Juan

Himself

Max Julien

Max Julien

Himself

Rudy Ray Moore

Rudy Ray Moore

Dolemite

Roscoe Orman

Roscoe Orman

Willie Dynamite

Kenny Redd

K-Redd

Too $hort

Too $hort

Too $hort

Clarence Sims

Himself (as Fillmore Slim)