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Downtown
Movie promotional posterDirected by Richard Benjamin Produced by Charles H. Maguire Written by Nat Mauldin Starring Anthony Edwards
Forest Whitaker
Joe Pantoliano
Art Evans
Penelope Ann Miller
Kimberly Scott
Francis X. McCarthy
Wanda De JesusMusic by Alan Silvestri Cinematography Richard H. Kline Editing by Jacqueline Cambas
Brian L. ChambersDistributed by 20th Century Fox Release date(s) January 12, 1990 Running time 96 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $2,346,150[1] Downtown is a 1990 American police action comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin. This would be the second pairing of Anthony Edwards and Forest Whitaker both of whom played roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. (1982)
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Plot
Police Officer Alex Kearney (Edwards) is a patrolman in a rich plush suburb of Philadelphia until he stops an important businessman and his story of the incident is not believed. He is sent to work Downtown, the most dangerous, crime filled precinct in the city. Everyone there is sure that this 'by the book' suburb pampered cop is going to get himself and whoever is assigned as his partner, killed. Sergeant Dennis Curren (Whitaker) draws the unfortunate 'babysitting' assignment but when Alex's best friend is killed investigating a stolen car, Alex throws the book out the window tracking down the killer.
Cast
- Anthony Edwards.....Alex Kearney
- Forest Whitaker.....Dennis Curren
- Penelope Ann Miller.....Lori Mitchell
- Joe Pantoliano.....White
- David Clennon.....Jerome Sweet
- Art Evans.....Henry Coleman
- Rick Aiello.....Mickey Witlin
- Roger Aaron Brown.....Lt. Sam Parral
- Ron Canada.....Lowell Harris
- Wanda De Jesus.....Luisa Diaz
- Francis X. McCarthy.....Insp. Ben Glass
- Kimberly Scott.....Christine Curren
References
External links
- Downtown at the Internet Movie Database
- Downtown at AllRovi
Films directed by Richard Benjamin 1980s My Favorite Year (1982) · Racing with the Moon (1984) · City Heat (1984) · The Money Pit (1986) · Little Nikita (1988) · My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)1990s Downtown (1990) · Mermaids (1990) · Made in America (1993) · Milk Money (1994) · Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)2000s Categories:- 1990 films
- American films
- English-language films
- Action comedy films
- 1990s crime films
- 1990s thriller films
- Buddy films
- Films directed by Richard Benjamin
- Films set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Action film stubs
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