
Vice Squad(1982)
An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.



Christopher Reeve
Jonathan Fisher

Kathy Baker
Punchy

Mimi Rogers
Alison Parker

Jay Patterson
Leonard Pike

Andre Gregory
Ted Avery

Morgan Freeman
Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr.

Anna Maria Horsford
Harriet

Frederick Rolf
Joel Davis

Erik King
Reginald "Reggie" Liggens

Michael J. Reynolds
Art Sheffield
Street Smart is a thriller, crime, drama film released in 1987 exploring themes of new york city, journalist, prostitute, court case, pimp, lie. Directed by Jerry Schatzberg, it stars Christopher Reeve, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers. A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
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