CinemaOSMovie · 1990 · 0h 48m

The Best Hotel on Skid Row

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America Undercover goes to the Madison Hotel in the skid-row section of downtown Los Angeles and talks to some of the desperate people living there. It talks to a prostitute and heroin addict named Becky, a drug dealer and traveler names John, and an heavy drinking alcoholic named Jack Woodrow Wilson.

Directed byChristine Choy, Renee Tajima-Peña

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 48m
Language
EN
Released
March 25, 1990
Studios
HBO Documentary FilmsAmerica Undercover

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Cast & crew

1 credited
Starring
Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

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Creative team
Directed by
Christine Choy
Christine Choy
Renee Tajima-Peña

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