An aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.
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Title: 13 West Street (1962)
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| Alan Ladd | ... | Walt Sherill | |
| Rod Steiger | ... | Detective Sergeant Pete Koleski | |
| Michael Callan | ... | Chuck Landry | |
| Dolores Dorn | ... | Tracey Sherill | |
| Kenneth MacKenna | ... | Paul Logan | |
| Margaret Hayes | ... | Mrs. Madeleine Landry | |
| Stanley Adams | ... | Finney | |
| Chris Robinson | ... | Everett Bush | |
| Jeanne Cooper | ... | Mrs. Quinn | |
| Arnold Merritt | ... | Bill Quinn | |
| Mark Slade | ... | Tommy | |
| Henry Beckman | ... | Joe Bradford | |
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Clegg Hoyt | ... | Noddy |
| Adam Roarke | ... | Jack (as Jordan Gerler) | |
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Robert Cleaves | ... | Doctor |
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Walt Sherill is a mild-mannered space engineer who is a victim of a vicious "for kicks" assault by a teen-age gang. Increasingly obsessed by his desire for revenge, Sherill embarks on a manhunt of his own, and hampers the efforts of Detective Sergeant Pete Koleski, consequently causing some avoidable deaths. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink-net>
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Detective Sergeant Pete Koleski: Look Sherill, a boy just killed himself in there, do you understand that? So don't push me and don't get me sore. Just do yourself a favor and do me a favor: go home.
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The rocket launch failure at the beginning of the film is that of an Atlas SM-65 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. See more »Goofs
When private detective Finney is chasing the gang, they are shown passing the same sharp corner to the left twice - first from Finney's car and then from the gang's car. See more »Quotes
Walt Sherill: You know who he is. Arrest him.Detective Sergeant Pete Koleski: Look Sherill, a boy just killed himself in there, do you understand that? So don't push me and don't get me sore. Just do yourself a favor and do me a favor: go home.
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6 June 1962 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
13 East Street See more »Company Credits
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Alan Ladd plays an aerospace engineer who is assaulted by a group of juvenile delinquents. Ladd ignores police detective Rod Steiger's advice to cool his jets and let the police investigate. Ladd instead buys a gun and hunts down the young punks. Based on a novel by Leigh Brackett, screenwriter of "The Big Sleep," "Rio Bravo," "The Long Goodbye," and "The Empire Strikes Back," the story is essentially a lighter version of Brian Garfield's "Death Wish." The punks are not as vicious and the vigilante is not as violent. Still, it's a solid thriller that does have an edge to it and Ladd is compelling in what would be his final leading man role. FUN FACT! At one point John Wayne was announced as a possible choice for the lead in this film after producer Charles Schnee had bought the film rights to the 1957 novel.