""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.
Jackie Mason
Roger Pitman
Josip Elic
1st Hijacker
Reid Cruickshanks
2nd Hijacker
Dan Frazer
Police Sgt. Alex Brogan
Leonard Yorr
Maxie (as Leonard York)
Dick Carballo
Marco Ruiz (as Richard Carballo)
Babette New
Sylvia
Mary McKennedy
Pool hall girl
Sean Walsh
Truck driver (as Sean Walch)
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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