Jailbreakers
Jailbreakers | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Debra Hill |
Directed by | William Friedkin |
Starring | Shannen Doherty |
Music by | Hummie Mann |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Debra Hill Lou Arkoff (associate producer) (co-producer) |
Cinematography | |
Editor | |
Running time | 76 min. |
Production companies | Drive-In Classics Showtime Networks |
Distributor | Showtime Networks |
Release | |
Original network | Showtime |
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Jailbreakers is a 1994 television film directed by William Friedkin. Filming took place in Southern California and it was released on September 9, 1994.[1] The film originally aired on Showtime as part of their Rebel Highway series that took the titles of 1950s-era B-movies and applied them to original films. The film was later released on VHS.
Plot[]
The film takes place in the 1950s.[2] Angel is a 15-year-old cheerleader who has her life all ahead of her. She falls in love with Tony Falcon, a drug dealing high school drop-out. A nighttime outing leads to trouble and Angel and Tony are caught. Although Tony is the only one who is sent to jail, Angel has it very hard as well. She is estranged from her parents and her friends refuse ever to talk to her. The family think it is for the best for them to move to new surroundings.
Angel and her family move to a nice and quiet suburbia. She starts an entire new life and even falls in love with a new boy.[3] However, she is soon in trouble when Tony escapes from jail and interrupts her sweet sixteen. He takes her away from her family and together they try to escape to Mexico. A chase follows, with the police and Angel's father trying to catch Tony.
Cast[]
- Shannen Doherty - Angel Norton[4]
- Antonio Sabàto, Jr. - Tony Falcon
- Vince Edwards - Mr. Norton
- Adrienne Barbeau - Mrs. Norton
- Adrien Brody - Skinny
- Sean Whalen - Tattoo
- Talbert Morton - Whale
- Chris Conrad - Jack
- Dana Barron - Sue
- Johnny La Spada - Gary
- Kerri Randles - Missy
References[]
- ^ Variety review
- ^ Film Critic review[permanent dead link]
- ^ The New York Times review
- ^ TCM Angel's surname
External links[]
- Jailbreakers at IMDb
- 1994 films
- 1994 television films
- American films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s teen drama films
- Rebel Highway
- American teen drama films
- Films directed by William Friedkin
- Films scored by Hummie Mann
- American television films
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films with screenplays by Debra Hill
- Films produced by Debra Hill
- 1994 drama films
- American drama television film stubs