Street Smart (1987) — Screenplay
A desperate journalist invents a story about a pimp, but his fiction becomes deadly when it matches a real killer.
- Written by
- David Freeman
- Genre
- Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Length
- 110 pages
This script offers a tight, escalating thriller structure as a small lie spirals into mortal danger. Study how Freeman builds tension through the journalist’s incremental compromises and the chilling ambiguity of the pimp’s menace, creating a sustained character-driven suspense.
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