Street Smart
1987·1h 20m
7.0
★
They're hot, they're hung, they're handsome…and they're street smart. These sexy French toughs know how to work the streets of Paris to get whatever they want — and what they want most is SEX. There's plenty of it right here — from the lower levels of an underground auto park to the upper floors of a fashionable left bank apartment — all hard action and all exposed with the unique Cadinot touch.
Directed by Jean-Daniel Cadinot
gay pornography
IMDB
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Cast
Horst Kruger
Marius Sainte-Rose
Jacques Auvray
Franck Emmanuel
Frédéric Lemaire
Sydney McKenna
Antonio Ribero
Emilio Facetto
Antonio Abrantes
Angel Damon
DVD only
Glenn Coste
DVD only
Crew
Jean-Daniel Cadinot
Director
Jean-Daniel Cadinot
Writer
Jean-Daniel Cadinot
Producer
Popular Reviews
16 reviews
William Shatner 2.0
10.0★ · 04/26/26
This is honestly really solid.
It’s gritty, it’s grimy, it’s great. Christopher Reeve gives a great performance, and so does Morgan Freeman—basically everybody does their best, and it shows. I honestly don’t know how this film isn’t even a little more popular, because it’s really great.
Another thing worth mentioning is that this is a Cannon Films production. Most of their movies are absolutely horrible, so I think this is the first Cannon film that I didn’t think was bad. They actually did a good job with this one, which is a really pleasant surprise.
I don’t think this film deserves to be a cult classic or anything—I just think it deserves a little more popularity, because this is a great film. I don’t know if it’s just because I really like the style of these kinds of movies or what, but I just really think this is great.
Actually, that’s another thing worth mentioning: the overall style of the film. A grimy New York City setting always makes for a good location when making a film like this. It kind of reminds me of Taxi Driver in a weird way, and I can’t quite put my finger on why. Anyway, the location is a huge part of the film’s identity—it really gives the movie more personality.
It was already surprising enough to see Christopher Reeve in such a serious kind of film. I mean, the guy’s known for playing Superman! It’s even more surprising that he does such a good job here. He’s not playing a perfect guy—he’s not a bad guy by any means, but he’s far from perfect, and the film wants you to know that. His performance is a big part of what makes this film so great.
Another memorable part of this film is the one, the only, Morgan Freeman. He’s great here—he plays a badass pimp and absolutely kills it. If you had told me back when this first released (if I had been alive) that he would go on to become one of the most famous actors of all time, I wouldn’t have been surprised.
I believe this film is an underrated masterpiece. I will 100% be rewatching it more often, and I highly doubt that my opinion will ever change. If you’re a fan of gritty ’80s films, I highly recommend it.
It’s gritty, it’s grimy, it’s great. Christopher Reeve gives a great performance, and so does Morgan Freeman—basically everybody does their best, and it shows. I honestly don’t know how this film isn’t even a little more popular, because it’s really great.
Another thing worth mentioning is that this is a Cannon Films production. Most of their movies are absolutely horrible, so I think this is the first Cannon film that I didn’t think was bad. They actually did a good job with this one, which is a really pleasant surprise.
I don’t think this film deserves to be a cult classic or anything—I just think it deserves a little more popularity, because this is a great film. I don’t know if it’s just because I really like the style of these kinds of movies or what, but I just really think this is great.
Actually, that’s another thing worth mentioning: the overall style of the film. A grimy New York City setting always makes for a good location when making a film like this. It kind of reminds me of Taxi Driver in a weird way, and I can’t quite put my finger on why. Anyway, the location is a huge part of the film’s identity—it really gives the movie more personality.
It was already surprising enough to see Christopher Reeve in such a serious kind of film. I mean, the guy’s known for playing Superman! It’s even more surprising that he does such a good job here. He’s not playing a perfect guy—he’s not a bad guy by any means, but he’s far from perfect, and the film wants you to know that. His performance is a big part of what makes this film so great.
Another memorable part of this film is the one, the only, Morgan Freeman. He’s great here—he plays a badass pimp and absolutely kills it. If you had told me back when this first released (if I had been alive) that he would go on to become one of the most famous actors of all time, I wouldn’t have been surprised.
I believe this film is an underrated masterpiece. I will 100% be rewatching it more often, and I highly doubt that my opinion will ever change. If you’re a fan of gritty ’80s films, I highly recommend it.
This is honestly really solid.
It’s gritty, it’s grimy, it’s great. Christopher Reeve gives a great performance, and so does Morgan Freeman—basically everybody does their best, and it shows. I honestly don’t know how this film isn’t even a little more popular, because it’s really great.
Another thing worth mentioning is that this is a Cannon Films production. Most of their movies are absolutely horrible, so I think this is the first Cannon film that I didn’t think was bad. They actually did a good job with this one, which is a really pleasant surprise.
I don’t think this film deserves to be a cult classic or anything—I just think it deserves a little more popularity, because this is a great film. I don’t know if it’s just because I really like the style of these kinds of movies or what, but I just really think this is great.
Actually, that’s another thing worth mentioning: the overall style of the film. A grimy New York City setting always makes for a good location when making a film like this. It kind of reminds me of Taxi Driver in a weird way, and I can’t quite put my finger on why. Anyway, the location is a huge part of the film’s identity—it really gives the movie more personality.
It was already surprising enough to see Christopher Reeve in such a serious kind of film. I mean, the guy’s known for playing Superman! It’s even more surprising that he does such a good job here. He’s not playing a perfect guy—he’s not a bad guy by any means, but he’s far from perfect, and the film wants you to know that. His performance is a big part of what makes this film so great.
Another memorable part of this film is the one, the only, Morgan Freeman. He’s great here—he plays a badass pimp and absolutely kills it. If you had told me back when this first released (if I had been alive) that he would go on to become one of the most famous actors of all time, I wouldn’t have been surprised.
I believe this film is an underrated masterpiece. I will 100% be rewatching it more often, and I highly doubt that my opinion will ever change. If you’re a fan of gritty ’80s films, I highly recommend it.
It’s gritty, it’s grimy, it’s great. Christopher Reeve gives a great performance, and so does Morgan Freeman—basically everybody does their best, and it shows. I honestly don’t know how this film isn’t even a little more popular, because it’s really great.
Another thing worth mentioning is that this is a Cannon Films production. Most of their movies are absolutely horrible, so I think this is the first Cannon film that I didn’t think was bad. They actually did a good job with this one, which is a really pleasant surprise.
I don’t think this film deserves to be a cult classic or anything—I just think it deserves a little more popularity, because this is a great film. I don’t know if it’s just because I really like the style of these kinds of movies or what, but I just really think this is great.
Actually, that’s another thing worth mentioning: the overall style of the film. A grimy New York City setting always makes for a good location when making a film like this. It kind of reminds me of Taxi Driver in a weird way, and I can’t quite put my finger on why. Anyway, the location is a huge part of the film’s identity—it really gives the movie more personality.
It was already surprising enough to see Christopher Reeve in such a serious kind of film. I mean, the guy’s known for playing Superman! It’s even more surprising that he does such a good job here. He’s not playing a perfect guy—he’s not a bad guy by any means, but he’s far from perfect, and the film wants you to know that. His performance is a big part of what makes this film so great.
Another memorable part of this film is the one, the only, Morgan Freeman. He’s great here—he plays a badass pimp and absolutely kills it. If you had told me back when this first released (if I had been alive) that he would go on to become one of the most famous actors of all time, I wouldn’t have been surprised.
I believe this film is an underrated masterpiece. I will 100% be rewatching it more often, and I highly doubt that my opinion will ever change. If you’re a fan of gritty ’80s films, I highly recommend it.
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Tyler Dean
9.0★ · 05/07/26
“You’re real good with words ain’t you? You mix 'em all up real good. But I got your ass now!”
Christopher Reeve signed on for Superman IV for one reason, and one reason only: to get the green light for this film!
WORTH IT!
Morgan Freeman gives one of the best (and scariest) performances of his career as a pimp named “Fast Black”, who Christopher Reeve’s journalist accidentally runs afoul of. Fast Black switches on a dime, from laughing and joking to asking which one of your eyes you want to keep. No notes.
Kathy Baker plays one of Fast Black’s girls named Punchy, and is the only actor in this that can almost keep up with Freeman!
The only thing that keeps this from being a five star film, is the fact that there is no world, in which, you could convince me that Reeve could out(street)smart Freeman!
4 and a half / 5 stars!🌟
Christopher Reeve signed on for Superman IV for one reason, and one reason only: to get the green light for this film!
WORTH IT!
Morgan Freeman gives one of the best (and scariest) performances of his career as a pimp named “Fast Black”, who Christopher Reeve’s journalist accidentally runs afoul of. Fast Black switches on a dime, from laughing and joking to asking which one of your eyes you want to keep. No notes.
Kathy Baker plays one of Fast Black’s girls named Punchy, and is the only actor in this that can almost keep up with Freeman!
The only thing that keeps this from being a five star film, is the fact that there is no world, in which, you could convince me that Reeve could out(street)smart Freeman!
4 and a half / 5 stars!🌟
“You’re real good with words ain’t you? You mix 'em all up real good. But I got your ass now!”
Christopher Reeve signed on for Superman IV for one reason, and one reason only: to get the green light for this film!
WORTH IT!
Morgan Freeman gives one of the best (and scariest) performances of his career as a pimp named “Fast Black”, who Christopher Reeve’s journalist accidentally runs afoul of. Fast Black switches on a dime, from laughing and joking to asking which one of your eyes you want to keep. No notes.
Kathy Baker plays one of Fast Black’s girls named Punchy, and is the only actor in this that can almost keep up with Freeman!
The only thing that keeps this from being a five star film, is the fact that there is no world, in which, you could convince me that Reeve could out(street)smart Freeman!
4 and a half / 5 stars!🌟
Christopher Reeve signed on for Superman IV for one reason, and one reason only: to get the green light for this film!
WORTH IT!
Morgan Freeman gives one of the best (and scariest) performances of his career as a pimp named “Fast Black”, who Christopher Reeve’s journalist accidentally runs afoul of. Fast Black switches on a dime, from laughing and joking to asking which one of your eyes you want to keep. No notes.
Kathy Baker plays one of Fast Black’s girls named Punchy, and is the only actor in this that can almost keep up with Freeman!
The only thing that keeps this from being a five star film, is the fact that there is no world, in which, you could convince me that Reeve could out(street)smart Freeman!
4 and a half / 5 stars!🌟
Spikedlemonade
5.0★ · 10/30/25
What is truth in media? What is justice when news can spin any story it wants? What’s a narrative that isn’t spun by someone? who doesn’t have an agenda?
This movie starts out as a very selfish character movie (I like those) and ends making you feel upset for everyone wronged who didn’t get their justice properly. Sure we want Leo dead but the way it happened still felt wrong in a sense, at least to me, where a the narrative spun into a race+class+political sense. Just another black crime end.
Reeves character is a white man who gets out of it largely fine, it’s all the women in this movie connected to him that get hurt. Everything related to him gets hurt but him until the end and in comparison isn’t that bad. I found the shift from classic selfish liar to a somewhat critical perspective of white men interesting. I found the general line of how news/media determine how we reinforce stereotypes and ideals interesting too.
I hated how the women were treated here, but it serves the purpose of misogyny that this movie points out.
Everyone here was used in Reeves stepping stool, and spun out because HE pushed it (of course this is a movie) but it doesn’t take away the fact of how easy it is to have an agenda and spin a story based on it. I found that concept through the movie interesting, then building on race and class to it. Interesting movie, I’m still unsure about it but interesting.
This movie starts out as a very selfish character movie (I like those) and ends making you feel upset for everyone wronged who didn’t get their justice properly. Sure we want Leo dead but the way it happened still felt wrong in a sense, at least to me, where a the narrative spun into a race+class+political sense. Just another black crime end.
Reeves character is a white man who gets out of it largely fine, it’s all the women in this movie connected to him that get hurt. Everything related to him gets hurt but him until the end and in comparison isn’t that bad. I found the shift from classic selfish liar to a somewhat critical perspective of white men interesting. I found the general line of how news/media determine how we reinforce stereotypes and ideals interesting too.
I hated how the women were treated here, but it serves the purpose of misogyny that this movie points out.
Everyone here was used in Reeves stepping stool, and spun out because HE pushed it (of course this is a movie) but it doesn’t take away the fact of how easy it is to have an agenda and spin a story based on it. I found that concept through the movie interesting, then building on race and class to it. Interesting movie, I’m still unsure about it but interesting.
What is truth in media? What is justice when news can spin any story it wants? What’s a narrative that isn’t spun by someone? who doesn’t have an agenda?
This movie starts out as a very selfish character movie (I like those) and ends making you feel upset for everyone wronged who didn’t get their justice properly. Sure we want Leo dead but the way it happened still felt wrong in a sense, at least to me, where a the narrative spun into a race+class+political sense. Just another black crime end.
Reeves character is a white man who gets out of it largely fine, it’s all the women in this movie connected to him that get hurt. Everything related to him gets hurt but him until the end and in comparison isn’t that bad. I found the shift from classic selfish liar to a somewhat critical perspective of white men interesting. I found the general line of how news/media determine how we reinforce stereotypes and ideals interesting too.
I hated how the women were treated here, but it serves the purpose of misogyny that this movie points out.
Everyone here was used in Reeves stepping stool, and spun out because HE pushed it (of course this is a movie) but it doesn’t take away the fact of how easy it is to have an agenda and spin a story based on it. I found that concept through the movie interesting, then building on race and class to it. Interesting movie, I’m still unsure about it but interesting.
This movie starts out as a very selfish character movie (I like those) and ends making you feel upset for everyone wronged who didn’t get their justice properly. Sure we want Leo dead but the way it happened still felt wrong in a sense, at least to me, where a the narrative spun into a race+class+political sense. Just another black crime end.
Reeves character is a white man who gets out of it largely fine, it’s all the women in this movie connected to him that get hurt. Everything related to him gets hurt but him until the end and in comparison isn’t that bad. I found the shift from classic selfish liar to a somewhat critical perspective of white men interesting. I found the general line of how news/media determine how we reinforce stereotypes and ideals interesting too.
I hated how the women were treated here, but it serves the purpose of misogyny that this movie points out.
Everyone here was used in Reeves stepping stool, and spun out because HE pushed it (of course this is a movie) but it doesn’t take away the fact of how easy it is to have an agenda and spin a story based on it. I found that concept through the movie interesting, then building on race and class to it. Interesting movie, I’m still unsure about it but interesting.
Wyatt
5.0★ · 02/12/24
I accidentally put this on instead of Mean Streets (which I haven’t seen), only realized I watched the wrong movie when I saw Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino were in it on Letterboxd. Extremely disappointed.
I accidentally put this on instead of Mean Streets (which I haven’t seen), only realized I watched the wrong movie when I saw Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino were in it on Letterboxd. Extremely disappointed.
Gareth Morgan
5.0★ · 08/09/16
After reading the brief description, I was keen to see it with some reservations. I should have skipped it and watched something with more intriguing. It bored me and I found myself uninterested in the characters and the unfolding premise.
After reading the brief description, I was keen to see it with some reservations. I should have skipped it and watched something with more intriguing. It bored me and I found myself uninterested in the characters and the unfolding premise.