Downtown

Downtown (1990)

When you pound this beat, it pounds you back.

Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now work in the deadliest precinct in Philly, where he is partnered with tough veteran cop Dennis Curran. Tensions are high between them, but Kearney soon proves he can play just as rough as the crooks.

Date of release
1990-01-12
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (47)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Action, Comedy
Director
Richard Benjamin

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Philadelphia

Downtown is a 1990 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin. The film starred Anthony Edwards, Forest Whitaker, Penelope Ann Miller and Joe Pantoliano.

Production

This was the theatrical debut of scriptwriter Nat Mauldin, a writer on Barney Miller and a writer-producer of Night Court.

Principal photography began 17 April 1989, according to the 19 April 1989 Daily Variety and 25 April 1989 Hollywood Reporter, with a scheduled wrap date of 30 June 1989.

Though the plot of the movie references a Philadelphia suburb, Bryn Mawr, most of the exterior filming is done within the City of Philadelphia. The beginning of the film features Cresheim Valley Road, Stenton, and Germantown Avenues. This is in the Mount Airy and Chestnut Hill neighborhoods.

There are a few early scenes that are filmed in and around Los Angeles. The scene where Anthony Edwards pretends to pull over Penelope Ann Miller is filmed on Yale Street, in Claremont, CA. Later portions of the film are in the Fairhill and Norris Square neighborhoods which are now known as "The Badlands" circa 2000. Diamond Street is within this area, but Philadelphia police districts are numbered, not named for streets or neighborhoods.

University Park, Los Angeles ("Dennis Curren's" home)

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