Street Smart (1987)


A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

Street Smart (1987)

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Released Year: 1987
Runtime: 97 minutes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directors: Jerry Schatzberg
Writers: David Freeman

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A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.

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Reviews


88
Chicago Tribune - Dave Kehr
A superb entertainment, it also has something to say.
75
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert
A clever thriller with a lot of unbelievable scenes and a sappy ending, but two wonderful performances.
75
TV Guide Magazine - Unnamed
Thanks to a terrific performance by Freeman and slick direction by Jerry Schatzberg, this is a fast-moving, intermittently riveting crime drama.
75
Chicago Reader - Unnamed
Director Jerry Schatzberg has made a penetrating study of human relations--racial and sexual--within a sharply observed social framework.
70
Los Angeles Times - Sheila Benson
The plot line may fray at times, especially with Fisher's dizzyingly quick segue from magazine reporter to Geraldo Rivera-like television muckraker. But Schatzberg anchors his story with enough pungently observed details of New York--its lofts, chic editorial offices, in restaurants and sad and tawdry street scenes--and with enough marvelous actors, in big roles and small, to give his story real bite.

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