Jailbreakers

*Jailbreakers*
Jailbreakers
Genre	Drama
Written by	Debra Hill; Gigi Vorgan
Directed by	William Friedkin
Starring	Shannen Doherty
Music by	Hummie Mann
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Debra Hill; Willie Kutner; Lou Arkoff; Amy Grauman Danziger (associate producer); Llewellyn Wells (co-producer)
Cinematography	Cary Fisher
Editor	Augie Hess
Running time	76 min.
Production companies	Drive-In Classics; Showtime Networks; Spelling Films International
Original release
Network	Showtime
Release	September 9, 1994

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[edit]

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[edit]

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
Johnny La Spada - Gary
Kerri Randles - Missy
Dana Barron - Sue

References[edit]

^ Variety review^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Film Critic review^{[permanent dead link]}
^ The New York Times review^{[permanent dead link]}
^ TCM Angel's surname^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[edit]

Jailbreakers at IMDb

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v t e Work by William Friedkin
Feature films	Good Times (1967) The Birthday Party (1968) The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968) The Boys in the Band (1970) The French Connection (1971) The Exorcist (1973) Sorcerer (1977) The Brink's Job (1978) Cruising (1980) Deal of the Century (1983) To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) Rampage (1987) The Guardian (1990) Blue Chips (1994) Jade (1995) Rules of Engagement (2000) The Hunted (2003) Bug (2006) Killer Joe (2011) The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)
Television	C.A.T. Squad (1986) C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988) Jailbreakers (1994) 12 Angry Men (1997)
Documentaries	The People vs. Paul Crump (1962) The Bold Men (1965) Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon (1965) The Thin Blue Line (1966) Conversation with Fritz Lang (1975) The Painter's Voice (2007) The Devil and Father Amorth (2017)