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Plot

This odd drama features Jack Nicholson, then only 21-years old, in his first feature film. He plays a young delinquent who thinks he may have killed one of the two thugs who were pursuing him. He hides out in a local drive-in where he takes three hostages and barricades himself and them in a storeroom. Police surround the place and try to negotiate with the frightened boy but even his friends cannot reach him. Meanwhile, the media has learned of the situation and soon a TV news crew arrives followed by a crowd of spectators. Soon concessions are being sold, and the event becomes a circus.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Thriller
Run Time:
62min.
Distributor(s):
Allied Artists
Director(s):
Jus Addiss
Starring:
Harry Lauter , Jack Nicholson , Carolyn Mitchell , Brett Halsey , Lynn Cartwright
Keywords:
brutality,child,consumer,drive-in,hidden,hide-out,hostage,intimacy,janitor,juvenile,killing,law,media-circus,negotiation,on-the-run,panic,physical-abuse,police,spectator,surrender,teenagers,television,weapons