The Stoolie
5.2
“"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.”
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.
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Cast
37 people
Jackie Mason
Roger Pitman
Known for
Caddyshack II
The Jerk
Josip Elic
1st Hijacker
Known for
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Larry Alexander
Michael Scott
John G. Avildsen
Also in
American Satan
Greenwich Village Story
Reid Cruickshanks
2nd Hijacker
Known for
Runaway Train
Joysticks
Eugene Price
George Silano
Chase Mellen III
Dan Frazer
Police Sgt. Alex Brogan
Known for
Kojak
Take the Money and Run
Marc B. Ray
Leonard Yorr
Maxie (as Leonard York)
Also in
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mannix
John G. Avildsen Director · Marc B. Ray Writer Larry Alexander Writer
Budget $675K · United States release November 30, 1972 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$675,000
Production
AVCO Embassy Pictures
Production
Embassy Pictures
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 30, 1972
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
April 12, 1974 · Limited theatrical · Miami Beach, Florida
May 21, 1974 · Theatrical
Germany
February 12, 1979 · TV premiere
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