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Down Three Dark Streets

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When federal agent Zack Stewart (Kenneth Tobey) turns up dead, his partner, agent John Ripley (Broderick Crawford), vows to find the murderer and takes control of all of the cases that Stewart was on when he was killed. One investigation involves a ring of thugs who hijack cars, another deals with a mobster on the lam, and the third revolves around blackmail and kidnapping. Unfortunately for Ripley, each case is so dangerous that he may not live long enough to find the man who killed Stewart.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The guilty party stood out like a right-wing Republican at a Grateful Dead concert. Rated: C Sep 4, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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StephenPaul C The greatest 01 hour: and 25 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/05/23 Full Review Bob S best thing about it is the triptych of stories. When you think it's over, it's not. Broderick Crawford, though? Eh. Ruth Roman is the star. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/26/22 Full Review Audience Member What did you do to my wife? An FBI agent with three open cases is brutally murdered leading to his work being passed on to another young, aspiring FBI Agent. The agent picks up the cases and hopes to solve all three cases while using the details from the cases to find the man responsible for the original agent's murder and solve that crime too. "You want that little girl and I want that money." Arnold Laven, director of The Rifleman, The Big Valley, The Glory Guys, Back to the Planet of the Apes, and episodes from the television series A-Team, CHiPS, Hill Street Blues, and Fantasy Island, delivers Down Three Dark Streets. The storyline for this picture is interesting and fun to watch unfold. There is some unique drama and clever twists. "I don't like men staring at me before lunch." I came across this recently on Netflix while scrolling through the classics section and added it to my queue. This was fairly well done with some nice plot twists and character development. This is far from perfect, or an all time good classic, but it is worth a viewing. "I didn't want to stop him or his presents." Grade: C+ Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Arnold Laven

Director

Broderick Crawford

FBI Agent John "Rip" Ripley

Ruth Roman

Kate Martell

Martha Hyer

Connie Anderson

Marisa Pavan

Julie Angelino

Max Showalter

Dave Millson
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Synopsis When federal agent Zack Stewart (Kenneth Tobey) turns up dead, his partner, agent John Ripley (Broderick Crawford), vows to find the murderer and takes control of all of the cases that Stewart was on when he was killed. One investigation involves a ring of thugs who hijack cars, another deals with a mobster on the lam, and the third revolves around blackmail and kidnapping. Unfortunately for Ripley, each case is so dangerous that he may not live long enough to find the man who killed Stewart.
Director
Arnold Laven
Producer
Jules Levy, Arthur Gardner
Screenwriter
Gordon Gordon, Mildred Gordon, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
Production Co
Edward Small Productions
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2016
Runtime
1h 25m