Sidewalk Stories (1989)
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63% of users liked it
(74 ratings)
African-American mime artist Charles Lane directed and starred in this ultra-low-budget film. Lane plays a Chaplinesque homeless individual with a talent for sidewalk chalk art, who finds himself caring for an abandoned baby. The child's father has been killed in a robbery, so Lane begins a… More African-American mime artist Charles Lane directed and starred in this ultra-low-budget film. Lane plays a Chaplinesque homeless individual with a talent for sidewalk chalk art, who finds himself caring for an abandoned baby. The child's father has been killed in a robbery, so Lane begins a long, lonely search for the kid's next of kin. What little dialogue there is comes from the mouths of the multitude of oddball characters with whom Lane comes in contact while he roams the streets of New York. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Lane
- Written By
- Charles Lane
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1989 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Rob Gonsalves, eFilmCritic.com
This lively forgotten film, which says so much without speaking, is certainly worthy of DVD salvation. Criterion, are you listening?
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Cast
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Charles Lane
as Artist
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Nicole Alysia
as Child
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Sandye Wilson
as Young Woman
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Darnell Williams
as Father
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Trula Hoosier
as Mother
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Michael Baskin
as Street Cop No. 1
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Edith Falco
as Carriage Couple
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Tom Hoover
as Portrait Artist
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Bobby Johnson
as Homeless Youth
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Ed Kershen
as Detective Brooks
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Ian Klapper
as Juggler
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Jody O'Neil
as Customer No. 1
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Eric Payne
as Penny Pitcher
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Luis Antonio Ramos
as Kidnapper
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George Riddick
as Street Partner
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Bill Sage
as Carriage Couple
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Olivia Sklar
as Librarian
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Frank John Trezza
as Kidnapper
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Joseph Verhaus
as Cab Driver
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Robert Clohessy
as Alley Tough
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Edwin Anthony
as Penny Pitcher
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Angel Cappellino
as Bully's Mother
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Jeffrey Carpentier
as Homeless Native American
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Jimmy Clehessy
as Precinct Cop
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Deena Engle
as Park Mother
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Ellia English
as Bag Lady
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Luis Alberto García
as Homeless Spanish Speaker
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Franklin Gordon
as Alley Tough
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Nell Gutman
as Park Mother
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Bobby Howard
as Alley Tough
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Ronald Shannon Jackson
as Jazz Quartet
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Raymond Jenkins
as Precinct Cop
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Lewis Jordan
as Penny Pitcher
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Chris Kapp
as Homeless Mother
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Gerald Lane
as Shelter Director
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Jan Leder
as Jazz Quartet
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Elizabeth Lesser
as Pregnant Park Mother
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Paul James Levin
as Bully
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Robin McWilliams
as Breakdancer
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Mary Ann Orbe
as Park Mother
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Herb Reynolds
as Ventriloquist
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Pier Robinson
as Park Mother
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Ben Schneeberg
as Homeless Raver
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Goma Sellman
as Fine Woman
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Marcel Smith
as Jazz Quartet
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Joe Solomon
as Jazz Quartet
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Henry Steen
as Three-Card Monte Man
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Robert Tuftee
as Carriage Driver
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Tom Wallace
as Precinct Cop
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Jomo Wilson
as Magician
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Trula M. Marcus
as Nikki
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Michael Luciano
as Detective Grasso