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Ninth Street
The original theatrical poster for Ninth Street.
Directed byTim Rebman
Written byKevin Willmott
Produced byKevin Willmott
StarringDon Washington
Kevin Willmott
CinematographyTroy Paddock
Edited byMike Brandt
Music byKriss Avery
Distributed byIdeal Enterprises
Release date
1999
Running time
95 minutes
Country United States
LanguageEnglish

Ninth Street is a 1999 black-and-white drama, written by Kevin Willmott.

The movie is rated R by the MPAA for language, a scene of sexuality and some violent content. Filmed in the USA, the movie was primarily released in English.

Plot

Set in 1968 Junction City, Kansas sometimes called "Jump City" reflect on the history of "East Ninth Street" during the 1940s when famous jazz musicians played the nightclubs. In 1968, the area has deteriorated into strip clubs and cheap bars where Vietnam War draftees from nearby Fort Riley stop and drink. People in the group include a drunk (Don Washington) who lost a leg in WWII, a taxi dispatcher (Isaac Hayes), a saloon owner (Queen Bey), and a crazy bag lady (Kaycee Moore). (Nadine Griffith) who is trying to get out of the business, but is forced to work by a malicious boy friend (Byron Myrick) and the fact that she has to provide for her baby. Martin Sheen also stars as a white preacher who likes the people in the area better than his own congregation.

Cast

Don Washington
Kevin Willmott
Nadine Griffith
Queen Bey
Byron Myrick
Isaac Hayes
Martin Sheen