Dreams Don't Die

Dreams Don't Die

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1982-05-21
Duration:100 min
Director:Roger Young
Actors:Ike Eisenmann, Trini Alvarado, Paul Winfield, James Broderick, Israel Juarbe
Production:ABC

Overview:

Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny tagging subway cars and then catches Teiresa selling drugs for another mislead teen, Kirk. The officer, instead of turning both of them in, gives both teens a chance to make more of their lives together. Changing their ways turns out to be more challenging than first thought.

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