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Forty Deuce

 
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Forty Deuce

  • Director: Paul Morrissey
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Urban Drama
  • Themes: Prostitutes, Drug Addiction
  • Main Cast: Orson Bean, Kevin Bacon, Mark Keyloun, Harris Laskaway, Tom Citera
  • Release Year: 1982
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 89 minutes

Plot

The seamy underworld of Manhattan's 42nd street provides the background for this gritty drama that centers around a sleazy male prostitute, addicted to heroin, who tries to get drug money by selling a tender runaway boy to a homosexual. The kid soon over-doses on heroin and dies. The prostitute then begins framing the homosexual. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

  • Orson Bean - Mr. Roper
  • Kevin Bacon - Rickey
  • Mark Keyloun - Blow
  • Harris Laskaway - Augie
  • Tom Citera - Crank
John Anthony - John Noonan; Carol Jean Lewis - Black Woman; Esai Morales

Credit

Paul Morrissey - Director, Ken Aleuto - Editor, Manu Dibango - Composer (Music Score), Steven Fierberg - Cinematographer, François Reichenbach - Cinematographer, Stefan Stapasik - Cinematographer, Steven Fierberg - Producer, Jean-Jacques Fourgeaud - Producer, Alan Browne - Screen Story, Alan Browne - Screenwriter, Alan Browne - Play Author
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Forty Deuce
Directed by Paul Morrissey
Produced by Steven Fierberg
Jean-Jacques Fourgeaud
Written by Alan Bowne
Starring Orson Bean
Cinematography Steven Fierberg
Editing by Ken Eluto
Release date(s) 17 November, 1982
Running time 89 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Forty Deuce is a 1982 American drama film directed by Paul Morrissey. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Cast

  • Orson Bean - Mr. Roper
  • Kevin Bacon - Ricky
  • Mark Keyloun - Blow
  • Tommy Citera - Crank
  • Esai Morales - Mitchell
  • Harris Laskaway - Augie (as Harris Laskawy)
  • John Ford Noonan - John Anthony (as John Noonan)
  • Meade Roberts - Old John
  • Yukio Yamamoto - Street Hustler
  • Rudy DeBellis - Toilet John
  • Steve Steinlauf - Man on Phone
  • Susan Blond - Escort

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