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Bad Boys

Bad Boys

There's only one person left who believes Mick O'Brien can make it... Mick O'Brien.

19837.02h 3m

Overview

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.

Directed by Rick Rosenthal
Written by Richard Di Lello
Produced by Marty Hornstein, Robert H. Solo
Box Office0Revenue: $9.2M

Top Cast

Sean Penn

Sean Penn

Mick O'Brien

Reni Santoni

Reni Santoni

Ramon Herrera

Jim Moody

Jim Moody

Gene Daniels

Eric Gurry

Eric Gurry

Horowitz

Esai Morales

Esai Morales

Paco Moreno

Ally Sheedy

Ally Sheedy

J. C. Walenski

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Viking Lofgren

R

Robert Lee Rush

Tweety

John Zenda

John Zenda

Wagner

T

Tony Mockus Jr.

Warden Bendix

Themes & Keywords

prisonirish-americanjuvenile prison

About Bad Boys

Bad Boys is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1983 exploring themes of prison, irish-american, juvenile prison. Directed by Rick Rosenthal, it stars Sean Penn, Reni Santoni, Jim Moody. 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.

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