Streetwalkin' (1985)

Director:

Joan Freeman

Writers:

Robert Alden (writer)
Joan Freeman (writer)

Release Date:

20 September 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

She dropped out of high school this morning ... Tonight she's a Times Square hooker.

Plot:

Cookie and her brother run away from their loveless mother in the province and arrive in New York. At...

Plot Keywords:

Street Life | Teenage Prostitution | Teenage Girl | Prostitute | Female Nudity

Cast

Melissa Leo	...	Cookie
Randall Batinkoff	...	Tim
Dale Midkiff	...	Duke
Deborah Offner	...	Heather
Julie Newmar	...	Queen Bee
Julie Cohen	...	Tricia
Greg Germann	...	Creepy
Kirk Taylor	...	Spade
Antonio Fargas	...	Finesse
Khandi Alexander	...	Star
Annie Golden	...	Phoebe
Leon	...	Jason (as Leon Robinson)
Jaison Walker	...	Willy
Michael Torres	...	Numbers Seller
Bill Shuman	...	John in Convertible
Jake Reno	...	Cop #1
Garth Gardner	...	Shy John
Gary Howard Klar	...	Bouncer
Samantha Fox	...	Topless dancer
Kendal Kaldwell	...	Barmaid
Conrad Roberts	...	Seller
Lyneise Williams	...	Young Girl At Bar
Tom Wright	...	Henchman #1
Daniel Jordano	...	Henchman #2
Richard Council	...	John in Nova
David Chandler	...	Jeff
Tyra Janssen	...	Jason's Hooker
J.S. Johnson	...	Masochistic Businessman
Kim Chan	...	Desk clerk
Gordon Press	...	One's owner
John Branagan	...	Duke's Double
Annie Allman	...	Queen Bee's Double
Michael Russo	...	Tim's Double

Directed by
Joan Freeman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Robert Alden		writer
Joan Freeman		writer

Produced by
Roger Corman	....	producer

Original Music by
Matthew Ender
Doug Timm

Cinematography by
Steven Fierberg

Film Editing by
John K. Adams
Patrick Rand

Casting by
Isabelle Kramer		(as Isabelle Cramer)

Art Direction by
Jeffery Robbins

Costume Design by
Karen Perry

Makeup Department
Laurie Aiello	....	hair stylist (as Laurie A. Williams)
Laurie Aiello	....	makeup artist (as Laurie A. Williams)
Joanna Robinson	....	makeup artist: second unit

Production Management
C. William Cummings	....	assistant production manager
Diana Pokorny	....	unit manager
Bob Zimmerman	....	production manager (as Robert Zimmerman)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert Alden	....	second unit director
Evan Dunsky	....	assistant director
Lisa Zimble	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ruth Ammon	....	property master

Sound Department
Ossama Khuluki	....	foley artist (as O. Khuluki)
Yehuda Maayan	....	boom operator (as Juda Maayan)
Phillip Seretti	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Phil Seretti)
Rick Waddell	....	production sound mixer

Special Effects by
Wilfred Caban	....	special effects

Stunts
John Branagan	....	stunt coordinator
Andy Gill	....	stunts
Michael Russo	....	stunt double: Randall Batinkoff

Camera and Electrical Department
Denise Brassard	....	electrician
Richard Brooks	....	photography: second unit
Catherine Cloud	....	electrician
Fred Cohen	....	best boy
Tony Cucchiari	....	assistant camera: second unit
Mark Daniels	....	gaffer
Jim Guld	....	electrician
Denis Hann	....	grip: second unit (as Dennia Hann)
Michael J. Latino	....	assistant camera (as Mike Latino)
Tony Mangia	....	still photographer
Theo Pingarelli	....	grip
Bob Podbielski	....	grip
Abe Schrager	....	photography: second unit
Thomas Sellman	....	assistant camera: second unit
Peter Spera	....	assistant camera
Michael Spiller	....	electrician (as Mike Spiller)
Ron Stone	....	key grip
William Taylor	....	electrician

Casting Department
Hope Perello	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Lisa Delgrosso	....	assistant editor
Janiss Garza	....	assistant editor
Anne Sawyer	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Jose Bonilla	....	music consultant

Other crew
Socks Burns	....	story consultant
John Duffy	....	script supervisor: second unit
Lt. Billy Dwyer	....	story consultant: Boston
Clark Henderson	....	production executive
Carolyn Jacobs	....	script supervisor
Lt. Mark Malloy	....	story consultant: Boston
Det. Jake Pellicio	....	story consultant: NYPD
Lt. Robbie Robertson	....	story consultant: Washington
Mark Slater	....	production consultant
Noel Tirsch	....	production assistant
Thomas Vranesich	....	production coordinator (as Tom Vranesich)

Production Companies

• Rodeo

Distributors

• Concorde Pictures
• Creswin Distribution (1985) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Shocking Videos (????) (USA) (DVD)
• VTI Home Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Vestron Video International (1986) (Belgium) (video)

Other Companies

• IFM Inc.  music coordination
• Motion and Opticals  titles and opticals
• Post Sound Corporation  post-production sound

Also Known As:

City Streets
Cookie

Runtime:

UK:83 min | USA:86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:R | Norway:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Company:

Rodeo

Soundtrack:

Set It Off

Oh, my goodness.

I forgot about this film until the other night, one of the premium cable channels dug this up. Then I remembered it. It was not an academy award winning drama by any stretch of the imagination and the best thing about this film is watching actors who went on to bigger and better things.

That is the beauty of a film like this...you look at it from "back in the day" and say, "Hey isn't that so-and so ... who was in such and such?" There's a lot of that here.

The story is simple, girl leaves home, turns street walker to survive on the mean, dirty, slimy streets. The small twist is that she runs away with her little brother. And you've got Antonio "huggy bear" Fargas playing...gasp...a pimp! Whata stretch! You'll get to see the street competition with pimps, drug use, cheesy lines, slapping around your ho's ...all sorts of things like that before Disney got a hold of street walkers to make them look super clean and cute.

Yes, this movie consists of all the things that made movies like this a nice springboard and paycheck for up and coming actors to cut their teeth with.

Low budget, low acting film.