spoiler far well then you would expect crime drama involve a new york cty magazine writer johathan fisher and christopher reeve and who job be on the line if he doesn not come up with a major story for his magazine and come up with it fast . in order to keep his job fisher tell his boss magazine editor ted avery and andre gregory and that he plan to write a hard hitting expose about prostitution in new york seedy time square district . fisher plan to do this by chronicle a local new york city pimp day on the job . fisher find that none of the hooker and by pose a their customer and that he interview be willing to go beyond their work habit and how much they want to be pay for them . when it come to their bos and the pimp or procurer and they clam up and drop their conversation with fisher altogether . have a deadline to meet fisher just make up this story about a pimp and whom he call tyrone and who he be interview about how he do business on the street . the story by fisher be so convincing and to everyone at the magazine and that it become the mag next front page story . make fisher a cause caleb in the world of undercover journalism both in nyc as well a all over the country . a it soon turn out the fictitious tyrone that fisher conjure up be an almost carbon copy of a real street pimp leo small know on the street a fast black play by morgan freeman . what even more troubling for fisher be that fast black in now stand trial for the murder of one of his hooker customer . fast black have kill him when he complain and and threaten to report him to the cop and that the service that he be get be far below what he be pay for . the film have fast black who know that fisher story be total b use fisher a an alibi for him in tell the local d. a lenoard pike and jay patterson and that he be nowhere near the murder scene and of his hooker dead john and at the time that it happen . this place fisher in the position and if he want to stay out of jail and to expose himself a a liar on the stand by tell the world that his story that make him famous be nothing but a make up pipe dream on his part . this would bring his now skyrocket career in tv news to a sudden and embarrassing end . despite be a vicious and murderous pimp which be the exact opposite part and a the perpetual good guy and he be play since then morgan freeman film career take off and never look back after his chilling performance and a leo small or fast black and in street smart . christopher reeve more then hold his own against his co star by even have freeman a fast black work him and he chris reeve the hollywood superman of the 1970 and 80 and over and have him almost wet his pant by do it . spoiler alert it when fisher have nothing to lose and but his life and the life of his loved one and that he decide to take fast black on . fisher use fast black main man and # 1 gofer reginald and reggie and liggens and eric king and to do his dirty work for him by trick him in thinking that he cut and by pimp on the side and in on his bos territory . the end of street smart be a bit contrive in how the street smart reggie fell for fisher obvious trick that he could have easily explain to fast black . still that do not really take that much away from the film hard hit approach on prostitution and pimping in the big city . the only thing that do not make any sense be why fisher be still able to keep his job and after be expose a a complete fraud and a a top news reporter on his top rat news show street smart . a show that expose people like himself who be dishonest with the very public that their suppose to serve .