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The Children of Times Square(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-03-03
60%
14 Votes
Time: 1h 34m
Overview:
An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Fries Entertainment
Movie: The Children of Times Square
Top 10 Billed Cast
Howard Rollins
Otis Travis
Joanna Cassidy
Sue Roberts
David Ackroyd
Peter Roberts
Larry B. Scott
Skater
Jason Bernard
Lt. Devins
Danny Nucci
Luis
Silvana Gallardo
Lizette Sotavento (Luis' mother)
Joe Spinell
Street Vendor
Griffin O'Neal
Rick
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