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Chameleon Street

Chameleon Street

1989Movie⏱️ 1h 34mR
ComedyDrama
6.9
IMDB Rating
1,426 votes

Detroiter William Douglas Street poses as a Harvard doctor, Time reporter, African exchange student.

Director
Wendell B. Harris Jr.
Writers
N/A
Stars
Timothy Alvaro, Renauld Bailleux, William Ballenger
Release Date
May 16, 1991
Language
English, French
Country
United States
🏆 1
Wins
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 12
Reviews
📋 3.1K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Timothy Alvaro
as Brian Whitaker - Detroit Human Rights Commission
👤
Renauld Bailleux
as Raoul the Belgian
👤
William Ballenger
as Attorney Barrett - The Head Honcho
👤
Lynn Barbee
as Fable
👤
Jerome Barney
as Tall Arresting Policeman
👤
Patrick Barrie
as Marie Antoinette
👤
Mike Barron
as Roddie Pettigrew - Detroit Human Rights Commission
👤
Thomas Bashaw
as Mr. Remus Shaw - Yale Faculty Advisor
Marti Bowling
Marti Bowling
as Marti - Blonde Barmaid
👤
Alfred Bruce Bradley
as Smooth Chance - The Amorous Convict

💰 Box Office

$235,011
Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Production
Prismatic Images, Films Around the World (I), Gethsemane 84

🏷️ Keywords

impostorann arbor michiganuniversity of michiganvoice over narrationlie

🎯 Categories

ComedyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

chameleon st
by mossgrymk2022-11-12
6/10

"About half as good as "Catch Me If You Can", this at times funny film is way too one note, that note, of course, being that the white establishment is so stupid that it can even be hoodwinked by a none too clever con artist. I got the point after the first scam involving the title character impersonating a Time Magazine journalist and by the middle of the second, when Street pretends to be a surgeon, I was officially tired of the whole thing. That I didn't bail until the start of the third impersonation (an African exchange student at Yale) was mostly due to writer/director/star..."

💡 Did You Know?

Wendell B. Harris Jr. used Roger & Me (1989) Director of Photography Bruce Schermer. There are many Flint connections in this film.

📖 Synopsis

Detroiter William Douglas Street poses as a Harvard doctor, Time reporter, African exchange student.