The plot involves CIA agent Curt Flynn (Michael Ontkean) who narrowly avoids death in a bombing, escapes from imprisonment by the Soviets, and returns to his New Jersey hometown.
There he attempts to protect his wife Catherine (Joanna Kerns) from a corrupt family which controls the town.
[3] Street Justice was Dukes of Hazzard star Catherine Bach's debut as a lead in a feature film.
of Variety called the film "a minor action drama", writing that a "good cast is mired in routine scripting.
"[5] TV Guide criticized the film's script as "clumsy" and "loaded with lackluster dialog and stock characters.