Film

Beat Street

1984 · 1h 45m · Drama · Music

Takin' the beat to the streets!

IMDb

6.5

Rotten Tomatoes

57%

Metacritic

68

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Guy Davis

Kenny Kirkland

Rae Dawn Chong

Tracy Carlson

Saundra Santiago

Carmen Cararro

Doug E. Fresh

Himself

Mary Alice

Cora

Shawn Elliott

Domingo

Duane Jones

Robert

Kadeem Hardison

High School Student (scenes deleted)

Jon Chardiet

Ramon

Leon W. Grant

Chollie

Robert Taylor

Lee Kirkland

DJ Kool Herc

Clive Campbell

Afrika Bambaataa

Tommy Gunn

Furious Five

Melle Mel

Grandmaster Melle Mel

Gina Belafonte

Elizabeth

• Stan LathanDirector
• Andrew DavisScreenplay
• David GilbertScreenplay
• Paul GoldingScreenplay
• David V. PickerProducer
• Michael HolmanProducer
• Tom Priestley Jr.Director of Photography
• Arthur BakerOriginal Music Composer
• Harry BelafonteOriginal Music Composer
• Webster LewisOriginal Music Composer

Official Trailer

Release date

June 8, 1984

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

PG

Budget

$9,500,000

Revenue

$16,600,000

Genres

Drama, Music

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