Story of a Junkie
1985 · Movie · R · 79 min · ★ 6.4
John Spacely is your tour guide through the terror ridden streets of New York's East Village. Known as Alphabet City, it was the drug supermarket of the modern world. Growing up in California, John Spacely had everything going for him–or did he? He arrived in the Big Apple as a young man hoping to make his fortune and find his identity. What he found was the dark and desperate world of drugs.
Also known as Gringo
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Details
- Years
- 1985
- Release date
- 1985-11-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 79 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (12 votes)
Themes
- heroin
- drug addiction
- junkie
- ghetto
- eye patch
- downtown
- intravenous
- lower east side
- drug addict
- shooting up
- urban landscape
- saint marks place
Cast & crew
John Spacely
as John Spaceley
Directed by Lech Kowalski