A Low Down Dirty Shame

Andre Shame, a former Los Angeles police officer, now works as a private detective willing to take on the cases other investigators turn down. When a former colleague asks him to trace a large sum of missing drug money, the job puts him back on the trail of Mendoza, the drug lord whose case cost Shame his place on the force. The search also brings him back into contact with Angela, an old girlfriend, and keeps him company with Peaches, his capable and talkative assistant.

Keenen Ivory Wayans directed and wrote the film, his second behind the camera after I'm Gonna Git You Sucka. He also plays Shame, heading a cast that includes Charles S. Dutton, Jada Pinkett Smith, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Andrew Divoff and Corwin Hawkins. Roger Birnbaum and Joe Roth produced for Caravan Pictures and Hollywood Pictures.

The film was released in November 1994 and runs 100 minutes. Made for about 10 million dollars, it returned roughly 29 million worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 5.9 from around 8,400 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5.7 from about 125 votes. A critics' rating of 4.1 from 23 reviews places it below both audience scores.