Jailbait (Video 1994)

17 year old Kyle comes to the big city in search of her half-sister Merci. Merci is on the run after being used to set up a murder. The police and the killers both want her. Kyle ends up on... See full summary »

Director:

Rafal Zielinski

Writers:

Donald P. Borchers (story), Robert Vincent O'Neill (story),

Stars:

C. Thomas Howell, Renée Humphrey, Krista Errickson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
C. Thomas Howell	...	Sergeant Lee Teffler
Renée Humphrey	...	Kyle Bradley
Krista Errickson	...	Merci Cooper
David Labiosa	...	Roman Delphino
Angel Aviles	...	Pizza Girl
Ron Karabatsos	...	Kelso
Leslie Zemeckis	...	Roman's Girlfriend (as Leslie Harter)
Gene Hartline	...	Carlo
David Anthony Marshall	...	Tommy Sweeney
Bobby F. Ellerbee	...	Mikey (as Bobby Ellerbee)
Billy Maddox	...	Sparks Morris
William Marquez	...	Captain Woods
Dean Norris	...	Hershiser
Jophery C. Brown	...	Paul (as Jophery Brown)
Jimmy Ortega	...	Johnny

Storyline

17 year old Kyle comes to the big city in search of her half-sister Merci. Merci is on the run after being used to set up a murder. The police and the killers both want her. Kyle ends up on the streets until renegade cop Sgt. Teffler takes her in. Now he must protect her while trying to stop a white slavery ring from abducting more young girls.

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Plot Keywords:

city | shower | human trafficking | gangster | teenage boy | 

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Taglines:

A cop on the edge. A girl on the run.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 February 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Streetwise

Company Credits

Production Co:

Planet Productions, Skouras Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min 102 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Wishin'"
Written and Performed by Bill Bergman and John Paruolo
Published by Chaser Music, Namgreb Music and John Paruolo Music

User Reviews

A rather enjoyable B-Movie

A B movie, but a pretty enjoyable one. Chock full of downtown L.A. cliches (hookers, thugs, junkies) and gratuitous nudity, but overall a better story and better acting than most movies of the sort. Renee Humphrey (also see "Mallrats" for her fun role as Trish) is very good, and C. Thomas Howell is much better than most reviews have said. Ah, remember those days when he starred in REAL movies? "The Outsiders", "Soul Man"? He seems to be slumming it here as much as his character. The two leads have enormous chemistry and the relationship presented here is surprisingly tender for this kind of film. As far as the supporting cast goes, the actor playing Roman is sufficiently creepy. In short: The film kept my interest even though I rolled my eyes a few times.