A high school dropout working as a street prostitute spends one night turning tricks and avoiding her emotionally unstable pimp who's starting to turn very violent.A high school dropout working as a street prostitute spends one night turning tricks and avoiding her emotionally unstable pimp who's starting to turn very violent.A high school dropout working as a street prostitute spends one night turning tricks and avoiding her emotionally unstable pimp who's starting to turn very violent.
William Shuman
- John in Convertible
- (as Bill Shuman)
Gary Howard Klar
- Bouncer
- (as Gary Klar)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJulie Newmar's Queen Bee character was based on a prostitute with the same name. Moreover, the actual Queen Bee appears briefly in the film in a very small part.
- GoofsDuring the domination scene with Cookie, Star and the Masochistic Businessman in the hotel, the boom mic/pole is reflected in the mirror several times.
- Alternate versionsUnrated version was available on video.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Chopping Mall (1986)
- SoundtracksStreetwalkin'
Written and Produced by Michael Ender & Odette Springer
Performed by Sylvia St James
Courtesy of International Film Music, Inc.
Featured review
Old New York.
New York in the '70s and '80s wasn't like it is now: in those days, the trash strewn street corners were crawling with hookers, rent boys, pimps, vigilantes, muggers, psychos, rapists and flick-knife wielding gang members, and every cinema - I mean EVERY cinema - showed either hardcore porn, or grindhouse flicks like Streetwalkin', a prime slice of mid-'80s exploitation that revels in the filth and sleaze of the 'big apple'.
The film opens as pretty redhead teenage runaway Cookie (Melissa Leo) and her younger brother Tim (Randall Batinkoff) arrive in the city, where they are immediately approached by eagle-eyed pimp Duke (Dale Midkiff), who befriends the desperate kids. It's not long before Cookie is working for Duke, selling her nubile young bod to desperate johns. Cookie eventually sees Duke for the maniac he really is when fellow working girl Heather is beaten to a pulp by the psycho pimp. Cookie seeks help from another pimp, Jason (Leon), who sends his men to take care of Duke. However, the men mess up and Duke escapes, seething with anger and looking for revenge.
If you're a fan of gritty 'life on the streets' movies like Vice Squad and Angel, then you know what to expect from Streetwalkin': it's got the high school dropout ho, the experienced prossie with a heart (played by TV's Catwoman Julie Newmar), a jive talkin' Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas, gun-toting pimps, pimp vs pimp fisticuffs, and a masochistic john, with plenty of drug-use, violence and nudity. For those who wish to wallow in the grime and filth of a New York that is no more, this one more than delivers the goods. You can almost smell the sewers...
7/10.
The film opens as pretty redhead teenage runaway Cookie (Melissa Leo) and her younger brother Tim (Randall Batinkoff) arrive in the city, where they are immediately approached by eagle-eyed pimp Duke (Dale Midkiff), who befriends the desperate kids. It's not long before Cookie is working for Duke, selling her nubile young bod to desperate johns. Cookie eventually sees Duke for the maniac he really is when fellow working girl Heather is beaten to a pulp by the psycho pimp. Cookie seeks help from another pimp, Jason (Leon), who sends his men to take care of Duke. However, the men mess up and Duke escapes, seething with anger and looking for revenge.
If you're a fan of gritty 'life on the streets' movies like Vice Squad and Angel, then you know what to expect from Streetwalkin': it's got the high school dropout ho, the experienced prossie with a heart (played by TV's Catwoman Julie Newmar), a jive talkin' Antonio 'Huggy Bear' Fargas, gun-toting pimps, pimp vs pimp fisticuffs, and a masochistic john, with plenty of drug-use, violence and nudity. For those who wish to wallow in the grime and filth of a New York that is no more, this one more than delivers the goods. You can almost smell the sewers...
7/10.
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