Downtown (film)

Downtown
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Directed 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 Jesus
Music by	Alan Silvestri
Cinematography	Richard H. Kline
Editing by	Jacqueline Cambas Brian L. Chambers
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	January 12, 1990 (1990-01-12)
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)

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

1. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=downtown.htm

External links

• Downtown at the Internet Movie Database
• Downtown at AllRovi