Jail Bait (1954 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Jail Bait


image_size = 149px | caption = Original film poster
imdb_id = 0047127
director = Edward D. Wood Jr.
writer = Alex Gordon
Edward D. Wood Jr.
starring = Lyle Talbot
Dolores Fuller
producer = Edward D. Wood Jr.
music =
cinematography = William C. Thompson
distributor = Howco Productions Inc.
released = 1954
runtime = 74 min.
language = English

"Jail Bait" is a 1954 Ed Wood crime film starring Wood's then-girlfriend Dolores Fuller and Lyle Talbot. The "jail bait" of the title does not refer to an underaged girl, but to the illicit handgun that drives the plot.

There are two different versions of the movie: one with a striptease sequence, and the other with a blackface minstrel comedy routine. The version with the striptease sequence is often released on video editions as the "director's cut."

Plot summary

Don Gregor (Clancy Malone), the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor (Herbert Rawlinson), begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady (Timothy Farrell) and carry a gun. The pair attempt an armed holdup, and when things start to go wrong Gregor accidentally kills a night watchman. Fearing that Gregor plans to turn himself in, Brady kills him and blackmails Dr. Gregor into giving him a new face.

Trivia

* This was bodybuilder Steve Reeves's first film role.
* In the documentary film "", Dolores Fuller, commented that during her kiss with the actor, he did not/could not reciprocate her kiss.
* Herbert Rawlinson died the day after his scenes were filmed.

Cast

* Lyle Talbot — Insp. Johns
* Dolores Fuller — Marilyn Gregor
* Herbert Rawlinson — Dr. Boris Gregor
* Steve Reeves — Lt. Bob Lawrence
* Clancy Malone — Don Gregor
* Timothy Farrell — Vic Brady
* Theodora Thurman — Loretta
* Bud Osborne — Paul McKenna
* Mona McKinnon — Miss Willis
* Conrad Brooks — Medical Attendant/Photographer

External links

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* [http://www.phillyburbs.com/edwood/jailbait.shtml Philly 'burbs Ed Wood guide movie review]