Streets of New York (1939)
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The cumbersome title refers to the fact that tenement-dwelling teenager Jackie Cooper is studying to become a lawyer. Monogram Pictures decided that the title was too clever for its own good, thus the film was released as Streets of New York. Star Cooper manages a newstand by day, while attending law school by night. He and his crippled pal Martin Spellman are threatened by extortion-gathering hoods, but a happy ending is just around the corner. Reasonably entertaining, Streets of New York isn't half as much fun as its outtakes (available on a reel titled Things You Don't See in the Movies), wherein the straight-arrow Jackie Cooper lets fly with a stream of unlawyer-like epithets after burning himself with an iron. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jackie Cooper, Martin Spellman, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Nigh
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Streets of New York
The cumbersome title refers to the fact that tenement-dwelling teenager Jackie Cooper is studying to become a lawyer. Monogram Pictures decided that the title was too clever for its own good, thus the film was released as Streets of New York. Star Cooper manages a newstand by day, while attending law school by night. He and his crippled pal Martin Spellman are threatened by extortion-gathering hoods, but a happy ending is just around the corner. Reasonably entertaining, Streets of New York isn't half as much fun as its outtakes (available on a reel titled Things You Don't See in the Movies), wherein the straight-arrow Jackie Cooper lets fly with a stream of unlawyer-like epithets after burning himself with an iron. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 64 mins
Complete Cast of Streets of New York
- Jackie Cooper - Jimmy
- Sidney Miller - Jiggsy
- Bobby Stone - Beansy
- Robert Tucker - Howie
- Robert Emmett Keane - Roger Wilson
- Dick Purcell - Tap Keenan
- Marjorie Reynolds - Anne
- Martin Spellman - Gimpy
- Buddy Pepper - Flatfoot
- David Durand - Spike
- George Cleveland - Pop O'Toole
- Robert E. O'Connor - Burke
- George Irving - Judge Carroll
- William Gould
- Director(s):
- William Nigh
- Writer(s):
- Robert D. Andrews, Robert Hardy Andrews
- Producer(s):
- William T. Lackey
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