Jail Bait

Jail Bait

3.8IMDb Score
Released:1954-05-12
Duration:74 min
Director:Edward D. Wood Jr.
Actors:Lyle Talbot, Herbert Rawlinson, Steve Reeves, Dolores Fuller, Clancy Malone
Production:Howco Productions Inc.

Overview:

Don Gregor, the son of famous plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor, begins to hang around with young criminal Vic Brady 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.

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