Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.

• DirectorRick Rosenthal
• Release25 March 1983
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration2h 3m
• Budget?
• Revenue$9,190,819
• Rate
  

  6.963
  287 reviews
• Productions

  EMI Films, Solofilm, Associated Film Distribution, Universal Pictures