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Stakeout on Dope Street: Directed by Irvin Kershner. With Yale Wexler, Jonathan Haze, Steven Marlo, Abby Dalton. This crime drama follows three teenagers who find a fortune in pure heroin lost by a gang of dope peddlers during a gun battle with the police.
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- Crime, Drama
- Irvin Kershner
- 1958-05-03
A stakeout on Cole Street, known as Dope Street among the dealers and police, goes bad with one of the cops Sgt. Matthews, Matt Resnick, and the arrested drug pusher Jerome Lake, Charles Guasti, ending up shot and killed in the ensuing crossfire.
Stakeout on Dope Street is a 1958 American crime film directed by Irvin Kershner and written by Andrew J. Fenady, Irvin Kershner and Irwin Schwartz. It follows three teenagers who inadvertently get themselves involved in a drug ring. It was the directorial debut of Kershner.
Three teens get into the drug business when they discover heroin in a stolen briefcase.
- Irving Kershner
- Yale Wexler
Three teens get into the drug business when they discover two pounds of uncut heroin in a briefcase that was lost during a botched drug bust. Irvin Kershner. Director, Screenplay.
Having stumbled upon two pounds of uncut heroin, the three bored, dissatisfied pals — Jim (Yale Wexler), Ves (Jonathan Haze), and Nick (Steven Marlo) — argue about what to do with the stash, ultimately settling on profit by using Danny to deal it to his junkie friends.
