This crime drama follows three teenagers who find a fortune in pure heroin lost by a gang of dope peddlers during a gun battle with the police.This crime drama follows three teenagers who find a fortune in pure heroin lost by a gang of dope peddlers during a gun battle with the police.This crime drama follows three teenagers who find a fortune in pure heroin lost by a gang of dope peddlers during a gun battle with the police.
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Jonathan Haze
- Julian 'Ves' Vespucci
- (as Jonathon Haze)
Steven Marlo
- Nick Raymond
- (as Morris Miller)
Philip Mansour
- Lenny Potter
- (as Phillip Mansour)
William Shaw
- Chuck
- (as Bill Shaw)
Andrew J. Fenady
- Stan
- (as A.J. Fenady)
Carolyn Nelson
- Nick's Girl
- (as Carol Nelson)
Edward Schaaf
- Samuel Alber
- (as Ed Schaff)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was financed by Roger Corman who was executive producer. He provided $15,000 of the budget.
Corman later recalled: "My brother told me that it was the greatest mistake of my career because on account of that success I reinvested my money in other productions that were all failures. I gave great freedom to the writers, since I myself do not like when people tell me what to do when I'm filming. I never said a word to Irvin Kershner. We would meet and have long talks in which everyone offered his point of view, and I would approve the cast and the distribution (Jonathan Haze, Abby Dalton, and some of my actors would be there), but once the decision was made, I would say, 'Go for it', and I would pull back. This was hugely successful."
- GoofsWhen they meet at the bowling shop, Jimmy executes a portrait of Kathy, including both line work and gradated smudge-tones that would take the best of artists at least a half hour to complete, in exactly 45 seconds.
- Quotes
Officer Lynn Donahue: Nick and Ves had passed the earlier part of the afternoon looking at clothes, sporting equipment, bongo drums, and other racy items for kids their age.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TCM Guest Programmer: James Ellroy (2007)
- SoundtracksStakeout
Composed by Richard Markowitz
Performed by Hollywood Chamber Jazz Group conducted by Richard Markowitz
Featured review
Gritty, superb first film by a very fine director
Irvin Kershner has directed some excellent, some famous, movies. This one was his first. It certainly isn't famous but it is indeed excellent.
It's about three young men who find a briefcase that contains, hidden among cosmetics, a can of heroin. The guys reminded me of characters from "West Side Story," though they are more middle-class. They kind of hang out, kind of have jobs. One kind of has a girlfriend. (She is played by Abby Dalton, the only name in the cast list I'd ever heard, and I'm not sure where I heard it.) That girlfriend notwithstanding, one of them has also drawn a head and unclothed torso of one of the others. This drawing is shown throughout the film.
Though it's a sensationalistic film, it is not pro-drug. I am going to risk some brickbats but I never liked "Easy Rider." And I'm a baby boomer. Yes, I liked Jack Nicholson but the whole stoned thing: No, not for me.
This little film has a jazz score. It plays out for us like a poem. It reminds me of Allen Ginsburg. It's smart, it's hip. It's everything a movie ought to be. And, I'd guess, it accomplishes this on a pretty low budget.
The movie has a Police Gazette type title. And it may have played at drive-ins. But make no mistake: This is real art.
It's about three young men who find a briefcase that contains, hidden among cosmetics, a can of heroin. The guys reminded me of characters from "West Side Story," though they are more middle-class. They kind of hang out, kind of have jobs. One kind of has a girlfriend. (She is played by Abby Dalton, the only name in the cast list I'd ever heard, and I'm not sure where I heard it.) That girlfriend notwithstanding, one of them has also drawn a head and unclothed torso of one of the others. This drawing is shown throughout the film.
Though it's a sensationalistic film, it is not pro-drug. I am going to risk some brickbats but I never liked "Easy Rider." And I'm a baby boomer. Yes, I liked Jack Nicholson but the whole stoned thing: No, not for me.
This little film has a jazz score. It plays out for us like a poem. It reminds me of Allen Ginsburg. It's smart, it's hip. It's everything a movie ought to be. And, I'd guess, it accomplishes this on a pretty low budget.
The movie has a Police Gazette type title. And it may have played at drive-ins. But make no mistake: This is real art.
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- Handlinghandel
- Nov 13, 2007
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- H is for Heroin
- Filming locations
- Redondo Recreation, Redondo Beach, California, USA(Bowling Alley)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $35,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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