Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)
Three teens get into the drug business when they discover two pounds of uncut heroin in a briefcase that was lost during a botched drug bust.
Top billed cast
Yale WexlerJim Bowers
Jonathan HazeJulian 'Ves' Vespucci (as Jonathon Haze)
Steven MarloNick Raymond (as Morris Miller)
Abby DaltonKathy
Allen KramerDanny- Herman RudinMitch Swardurski
- Philip MansourLenny Potter
- Frank HardingCapt. Richard R. Allen
- William ShawChuck
- Andrew J. FenadyStan
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