Fire with Fire

Fire with Fire

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1986-05-09
Duration:103 min
Director:Duncan Gibbins
Actors:Craig Sheffer, Virginia Madsen, Jon Polito, J.J. Cohen, Kate Reid
Production:Paramount Pictures
Keywords:teenage love

Overview:

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

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