The Stoolie (1972)
"THE STOOLIE" IS A TRUE STORY. John G. Avildsen, director of "Save the Tiger" and "Joe", has made a new tender-touching film about a stool pigeon - and his fight to earn respectability.
90 min
Roger Pitman is a petty thief who makes a deal with the police to use bait money to trap other criminals. But when he gets the cash, Roger can't resist the temptation and steals part of it. He runs off to Miami Beach, but now lives in fear of the crooks that he set up as well as the police.
- Release date
- November 30, 1972
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Jackie Mason as Roger Pitman
- Josip Elic as 1st Hijacker
- Reid Cruickshanks as 2nd Hijacker
- Dan Frazer as Police Sgt. Alex Brogan
- Leonard Yorr as Maxie
- Dick Carballo as Marco Ruiz
- Babette New as Sylvia
- Mary McKennedy as Pool Hall Girl
- Sean Walsh as Truck Driver
- Thayer David as Lattimore
Crew
- Larry Alexander · Writer
- Eugene Price · Writer
- Marc B. Ray · Writer
- Chase Mellen III · Producer
- William Goldstein · Composer
- John G. Avildsen · Cinematographer
- Ralf D. Bode · Cinematographer
- Charlie Clifton · Cinematographer
- Stan Bochner · Editor
- Gerald B. Greenberg · Editor
- Edythe Maza · Casting director