Sixth and Main is a 1977 American drama film directed by Christopher Cain and starring Leslie Nielsen and Beverly Garland.
Monica (Beverly Garland) decides to spend time in the slums of Los Angeles to absorb the atmosphere for a book she is planning to write.
[1] She becomes interested in the tall, quiet derelict who calls himself John Doe (Leslie Nielsen), whose transient friends include an unlicensed doctor known as Doc (Leo Penn), a legless newsstand operator named Skateboard (Roddy McDowall), and the heroin addict and hooker Peanut (Gammy Burdett).
[3] Sixth and Main stars Leslie Nielsen as "John Doe", Roddy McDowall as "Skateboard", Leo Penn as "Doc", and Beverly Garland as "Monica Cord".
[4] The Hollywood Reporter (31 August 1977) praised Chris Cain's skillful direction and Beverly Garland's acting, but said of the plot that it "waffles between wonderfully naturalistic scenes and whole passages filled with overwrought idealistic notions.