Movie
Street Smart
Overview
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-03-20
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Golan-Globus Productions, The Cannon Group
- Country
- United States of America, Canada
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Christopher Reeve as Jonathan Fisher
- Kathy Baker as Punchy
- Mimi Rogers as Alison Parker
- Jay Patterson as Leonard Pike
- Andre Gregory as Ted Avery
- Morgan Freeman as Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
- Anna Maria Horsford as Harriet
- Frederick Rolf as Joel Davis
- Erik King as Reginald "Reggie" Liggens
- Michael J. Reynolds as Art Sheffield
- Shari Hilton as Darlene
- Donna Bailey as Yvonne
Crew
- Jerry Schatzberg - Director
- David Freeman - Writer
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