Cast: Morgan Freeman, Jay Patterson, Rick Aviles, Mimi Rogers, Christopher Reeve, Andre Gregory, Kathy Baker, Carole Zelles, Manon Vallee, Ed Van Nuys
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Rating: R
Studio: Cannon Releasing
Release date: March 20th, 1987
Synopsis:
A journalist in desparate need of a hot story, makes one up about a New York street pimp. Subsequently the toast of the town, he learns that his fictional character fits the description of an actual pimp who is accused of murder. The journalist gets pulled into the pimp's world while being pressured by the legal authorities to divulge what he knows about the pimp--specifically, where he was the night of the murder.