Stakeout on Dope Street (1958)

Directors

Irvin Kershner

Cast

Yale Wexler, Jonathan Haze, Steven Marlo, Abby Dalton, Allen Kramer, Herman Rudin, Philip Mansour, Frank Harding, Charles Guasti, Edward Schaaf, William Shaw, Andrew J. Fenady, Herschel Bernardi, Matt Resnick, Lawrence Raimond

The story

Late one night in Los Angeles, Sgt. Fred Matthews (Frank Harding) and Officer Lynn Donahue (Slate Harlow) arrest a pusher who is carrying two pounds of uncut heroin. They are ambushed by gangsters Mitch Swadurski (Herman Rudin) and Lenny Potter (Philip Mansour), who kill Matthews and wound Donahue, then kill the pusher after he tosses the briefcase containing the heroin into the underbrush.

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