Drama starring Ray Liotta. New York City 1955: life in Rockaway Beach for teenagers Wizard, Harry and Bobby is never short of thrills and new adventures. Now that the boys have started getting interested in girls, and the girls have started noticing them, a host of new challenges are waiting to be tackled. But in the background lurk the Deacons, waiting to make their mark felt and establish themselves as the sole rulers of the streets - and the girls.
The corridors of television are littered with pilots for unoptioned series. Even though this tough take on Happy Days boasted the young Ray Liotta, David Caruso and Michael Paré in the leads, the schedulers still weren't convinced. There is little wrong with director Lee Philips's re-creation of the sights and sounds around New York's Rockaway Beach, circa 1955. So it must have been the fact that audiences had tired of rock 'n' roll nostalgia by the time this TV movie aired. The plot follows the boys as they rumble with greased street gang The Deacons while trying to get to first base with clotheshorses Talia Balsam and Annette McCarthy.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Wizard | Ray Liotta |
| Bobby | David Caruso |
| Harry | Michael Paré |
| Eva | Talia Balsam |
| Carol | Annette McCarthy |
| Esther | Sandra Giles |
| Jazzman | Ernie Hudson |
| Ralph | John Aprea |
| Eddie | Shannon Presby |
| Rico | Sal Landi |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Lee Philips |
