Synopsis
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
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Cast
- Christopher ReeveJonathan Fisher
- Kathy BakerPunchy
- Mimi RogersAlison Parker
- Jay PattersonLeonard Pike
- Andre GregoryTed Avery
- Morgan FreemanLeo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.
- Anna Maria HorsfordHarriet
- Frederick RolfJoel Davis
- Erik KingReginald "Reggie" Liggens
- Michael J. ReynoldsArt Sheffield
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Tribune
A superb entertainment, it also has something to say. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
A clever thriller with a lot of unbelievable scenes and a sappy ending, but two wonderful performances. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
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
Director Jerry Schatzberg has made a penetrating study of human relations--racial and sexual--within a sharply observed social framework. - 70
Los Angeles Times
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. - 70
The New York Times
An engrossing study of loose talk, weakness and seduction, played out in both the world of high-powered journalism and the seediest corners of Times Square. - 70
The New Yorker
Often underrated, Jerry Schatzberg can make viewers feel the beauty and excitement of everyday grit. - 63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Street Smart is marred by dumb coincidences and by an ending that is immoral - it abruptly applauds a form of exploitation it has spent most of its considerable energy criticizing - but its texture is grittily realistic and its psychosexual sophistication is surprising in an American potboiler. [17 Apr 1987]
