"Screen's First Blazing Story of Kids Who Go Rumbling Down Dope Street!"

1958

1h 29m

6.6(8 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Yale Wexler

Jim Bowers

Jonathan Haze

Julian 'Ves' Vespucci (as Jonathon Haze)

Steven Marlo

Nick Raymond (as Morris Miller)

Abby Dalton

Kathy

Allen Kramer

Danny

Herman Rudin

Mitch Swardurski

Philip Mansour

Lenny Potter

Frank Harding

Capt. Richard R. Allen

William Shaw

Chuck

Andrew J. Fenady

Stan

Creative team

Directed by: Irvin Kershner
Written by: Irwin Schwartz
Irvin Kershner
Produced by: Andrew J. Fenady
Roger Corman

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