Movie
Beat Street
Overview
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Details
- Release date
- 1984-06-08
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Orion Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Guy Davis as Kenny Kirkland
- Rae Dawn Chong as Tracy Carlson
- Saundra Santiago as Carmen Cararro
- Doug E. Fresh as Himself
- Mary Alice as Cora
- Shawn Elliott as Domingo
- Duane Jones as Robert
- Kadeem Hardison as High School Student (scenes deleted)
- Jon Chardiet as Ramon
- Leon W. Grant as Chollie
- Robert Taylor as Lee Kirkland
- DJ Kool Herc as Clive Campbell
Crew
- Stan Lathan - Director
- Andrew Davis - Screenplay
- David Gilbert - Screenplay
- Paul Golding - Screenplay
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