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Straight Out of Brooklyn

6.2 91 mins Drama   1991
The Samuel Goldwyn Company  
Director(s): Matty Rich

A Special Jury Award winner at the Sundance Film Festival, this drama stars a then-19-year-old Matty Rich (who also wrote and directed it). Rich plays Larry, a troubled teen living in the rough Red Hook section of Brooklyn who decides he wants out and turns to crime to fund his escape. But his plan involves scamming the neighborhood's biggest drug kingpin, a heist that's dangerous at best.

Casts of Straight Out of Brooklyn

George T. Odom

as Ray Brown

Ann D. Sanders

as Frankie Brown

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

as Dennis Brown

Barbara Sanon

as Carolyn Brown

Reana E. Drummond

as Shirley

Matty Rich

as Larry

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