Stakeout on Dope Street

Stakeout on Dope Street is a 1958 crime film directed by Irvin Kershner and written by Andrew J. Fenady, Irvin Kershner and Irwin Schwartz. It follows three teenagers who inadvertently get themselves involved in a drug ring. It was the directorial debut of Kershner. The film stars Yale Wexler, Abby Dalton, Morris Millerdisambiguation needed , Allen Kramer and Jonathon Haze. The film was released by Warner Bros. on May 3, 1958.

Next day, the case is found by eighteenyearold Julian Ves Vespucci Jonathon Haze as he delivers groceries from his fathers store. Ves and his pals, wouldbe artist Jim Bowers Yale Wexler and bodybuilder Nick Raymond Morris Millerdisambiguation needed find the case contains samples of womens cosmetics. The canister containing the heroin is labeled face powder, so they throw the can away, although Jim keeps some powder for his girl friend Kathy.The boys pawn the briefcase. Jim takes the samples to Kathy and proposes to her. Kathy is afraid he will be unable to support them. Jim sees a newspaper headline about the missing narcotics. He rushes to tell Nick and Ves, but the canister has since been picked up by a garbage truck. ........

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