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Bad Boys
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.
1983 · Directed by Rick Rosenthal · 123 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller · 9 frames
Tagline
There's only one person left who believes Mick O'Brien can make it... Mick O'Brien.
Crew
- Written by: Richard Di Lello
- Cinematography: Bruce Surtees, Donald E. Thorin
- Edited by: Antony Gibbs
- Music: Bill Conti
- Production design: J. Michael Riva
- Produced by: Marty Hornstein, Robert H. Solo
Cast
- Sean Penn as Mick O'Brien
- Reni Santoni as Ramon Herrera
- Jim Moody as Gene Daniels
- Eric Gurry as Horowitz
- Esai Morales as Paco Moreno
- Ally Sheedy as J. C. Walenski
- Clancy Brown as Viking Lofgren
- Robert Lee Rush as Tweety
- John Zenda as Wagner
- Tony Mockus Jr. as Warden Bendix
Production
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: EMI Films, Solofilm
- Box office: $9,190,819
- Themes: prison, irish-american, juvenile prison
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