On This Day: March 20 1987 Street Smart Premiered in Theaters

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Mar 20, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: March 20 1987 Street Smart Premiered in Theaters.

On this day March 20 1987 the crime thriller Street Smart premiered in theaters. Directed by Jerry Schatzberg the film starred Christopher Reeve as a struggling journalist who fabricates a crime story only to find himself entangled with a real-life dangerous pimp played by Morgan Freeman.

While the film underperformed at the box office earning only 1.1 million against its 6 million budget it became widely praised for Morgan Freeman’s chilling performance as the ruthless pimp Fast Black. His...

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