03 Mar 1967
Pestilent City
Pestilent City covers Manhattan from South to North, from Times Square to Harlem, finding along the way ever more poverty, violence, rage and tragic drunkenness.
American Swing
Join the party
Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.
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Buck Henry Self
Melvin Van Peebles Self
Ed Koch Self
Jamie Gillis Self
Ron Jeremy Self
Al Goldstein Self
Abbie Hoffman Self (archive footage/uncredited)
Irwin Corey Self (as Professor Irwin Corey)
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