Directed by Jus Addiss
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Buena Vista)
In his film debut, Jack Nicholson plays a teenager who picks a fight in a drive-in restaurant with the leader of a gang who stole his girl. He accidentally shoots one of them, then spends the rest of the movie holed up in the kitchen store room with hostages. A TV crew shows up and gives us running commentary while the police mostly stand around and try to think of something to do. The memorable theme song is by Dick Kallman. Co-star Carolyn Mitchell, as Jack's girlfriend, was soon to be Mrs. Mickey Rooney, but died tragically in an ugly love triangle less than a decade later.
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