Taglines: When you pound this beat, it pounds you back.
Downtown movie storyline. Police Officer Alex Kearney works in a rich, plush suburb of Philadelphia. When 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’, pampered, suburban cop is going to get himself, and whoever is assigned as his partner, killed. Detective Dennis Curren, 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.
Downtown is a 1990 American police action comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon, Art Evans, Rick Aiello, Ron Canada, Kimberly Scott and Ryan McWhorter.
Downtown (1990)
Directed by: Richard Benjamin
Starring: Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller, Joe Pantoliano, David Clennon, Art Evans, Rick Aiello, Ron Canada, Kimberly Scott, Ryan McWhorter
Screenplay by: Nat Mauldin
Production Design by: Charles Rosen
Cinematography by: Richard H. Kline
Film Editing by: Jacqueline Cambas, Brian L. Chambers
Costume Design by: Daniel Paredes
Set Decoration by: Donald J. Remacle
Art Direction by: Gregory Pickrell
Music by: Alan Silvestri
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: January 12, 1990
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