Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
I'll tell it to the hot, I'll tell it to the cold. I'll tell it to the young, I'll tell it to the old. I don't want no laughin', I don't want no cryin', and most of all, no signifyin'. This is Petey Greene's Washington.
8.4
5 votes
2008
1h 0m
Documentary
Overview
Actor Don Cheadle narrates the story of America's first shock-jock, Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene.
Directed by Loren Mendell
Top cast
Don Cheadle
Narrator (voice)
Ralph Waldo "Petey" Greene, Jr.
self - television and radio talk-show host (archival footage)
Robert Hooks
self - actor and producer
Chuck Brown
self - musician and former cell mate of Petey GreeneM
Marion Barry
self - former mayor of Washington, DC
Howard Stern
selfR
Ralph Greene Sr.
self - Petey Greene's father (archival photo)M
Maggie Floyd
self - Petey Greene's mother (archival footage)D
Dewey Hughes
self - former radio station owner and Petey Greene's managerR
Roach Brown
self - playwright, fellow inmate at Lorton PenitentiaryF
Frank Smith, Jr.
self - civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C.C
Clarence Greene
self - Petey Greene's brotherE
Ernie Barnes
self - ArtisteV
Virginia Ali
self - Owner, Ben's Chili BowlD
Dr. Charlene Drew Jarvis
self - President, Southeastern UniversityS
Sandra Butler
self - retired tv executive
Martin Luther King Jr.
self - archival footage
Sugar Ray Leonard
self - boxing legend
James Brown
self - sportscasterA
Alfred Liggins, III
self - CEO, Radio One; Chairman, TV OneDetails
Status
Released
Release date
January 1, 2008
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
English
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