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Stakeout on Dope Street

  • 1958
  • Approved
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
435
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Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
CrimeDrama

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.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.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.

  • Director
    • Irvin Kershner
  • Writers
    • Andrew J. Fenady
    • Irvin Kershner
    • Irwin Schwartz
  • Stars
    • Yale Wexler
    • Jonathan Haze
    • Steven Marlo
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    435
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Irvin Kershner
    • Writers
      • Andrew J. Fenady
      • Irvin Kershner
      • Irwin Schwartz
    • Stars
      • Yale Wexler
      • Jonathan Haze
      • Steven Marlo
    • 18User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Yale Wexler
    Yale Wexler
    • Jim Bowers
    Jonathan Haze
    Jonathan Haze
    • Julian 'Ves' Vespucci
    • (as Jonathon Haze)
    Steven Marlo
    Steven Marlo
    • Nick Raymond
    • (as Morris Miller)
    Abby Dalton
    Abby Dalton
    • Kathy
    Allen Kramer
    • Danny
    Herman Rudin
    • Mitch Swardurski
    Philip Mansour
    • Lenny Potter
    • (as Phillip Mansour)
    Frank Harding
    • Police Capt. Richard R. Allen
    William Shaw
    • Chuck
    • (as Bill Shaw)
    Andrew J. Fenady
    Andrew J. Fenady
    • Stan
    • (as A.J. Fenady)
    Slate Harlow
    • Police Officer Lynn Donahue
    Herschel Bernardi
    Herschel Bernardi
    • Mr. Fennel
    Carol Nelson
    • Nick's Girl
    Edward Schaaf
    Edward Schaaf
    • Samuel Alber
    • (as Ed Schaff)
    Matt Resnick
    • Police Sgt. Fred Matthews
    Charles Guasti
    • Jerome Lake
    Ida Morgan
    • Pretty Bowling Girl
    Wendy Wilde
    • Vespucci's Girl
    • Director
      • Irvin Kershner
    • Writers
      • Andrew J. Fenady
      • Irvin Kershner
      • Irwin Schwartz
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    • Trivia
      The film was financed by Roger Corman who was executive producer. He provided $15,000 of the budget.

      Corman later recalled: "My brother told me that it was the greatest mistake of my career because on account of that success I reinvested my money in other productions that were all failures. I gave great freedom to the writers, since I myself do not like when people tell me what to do when I'm filming. I never said a word to Irvin Kershner. We would meet and have long talks in which everyone offered his point of view, and I would approve the cast and the distribution (Jonathan Haze, Abby Dalton, and some of my actors would be there), but once the decision was made, I would say, 'Go for it', and I would pull back. This was hugely successful."
    • Goofs
      When they meet at the bowling shop, Jimmy executes a portrait of Kathy, including both line work and gradated smudge-tones that would take the best of artists at least a half hour to complete, in exactly 45 seconds.
    • Quotes

      Officer Lynn Donahue: Nick and Ves had passed the earlier part of the afternoon looking at clothes, sporting equipment, bongo drums, and other racy items for kids their age.

    • Connections
      Featured in TCM Guest Programmer: James Ellroy (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Stakeout
      Composed by Richard Markowitz

      Performed by Hollywood Chamber Jazz Group conducted by Richard Markowitz

    User reviews18

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    10/10
    Excellent Film About Drugs
    This film reminded me about a film called, "The Man with the Golden Arm" starring Frank Sinatra and Kim Novack and this film clearly shows the horrors of withdrawal from the drug of heroin. Three young men get involved with a suitcase that holds a very large supply of uncut heroin and wind up throwing it away, thinking it was a cleansing powder and it winds up in a garbage dump which they manage to rescue. The young men decided to sell this drug and are able to make plenty of money by filtering it out through and old time heroin user. There are some girl friends in this film who try to stop these guys and tell them to turn the drugs into the police, but they do not face the consequences of turning themselves in. This is a great 1958 classic film filmed in Los Angeles, California and there is also some pretty way out music through out the film that makes this a very exciting black and white film.
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    • Nov 13, 2007

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    • Release date
      • May 3, 1958 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • H is for Heroin
    • Filming locations
      • Redondo Recreation, Redondo Beach, California, USA(Bowling Alley)
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Budget
      • $35,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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