Jail Bait (1954): Schlock Noir on RetroTV.com

Have some fun and enjoy this public domain copy on RetroTV.com of the 50’s schlock noir Jail Bait from the legendary Ed Wood.

Rated 2.2/10.0 on IMDB (so bad it’s good):

“She’s A Good Girl… To Leave Alone!”

Vic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor’s plastic surgeon father…

‘Jail Bait’, directed by the legendary Ed Wood, is an enjoyably bad attempt at Film Noir on a shoestring budget. The cast includes Lyle Talbot, Dolores Fuller and Timothy Farrell from Wood’s classic ‘Glen Or Glenda’, as well as a very early appearance by Steve Reeves. Talbot once again plays a kindly cop, but this time Farrell is on the other side of the law, the nasty Vic Brady. Brady has corrupted Fuller’s brother Don (Clancy Malone) the middle class son of a world renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Boris Gregor (Herbert Rawlinson). We first see Don being bailed out by his sister Marilyn (Dolores Fuller) after being caught carrying an unlicensed firearm. Despite his sister’s concern and a stern lecture from Ins. Johns (Talbot), he continues to associate with small time crook Vic Brady. A robbery gone wrong results in the death of a Night Watchman. Don’s conscience gets the better of him and he intends to give himself up, but Brady has other ideas… ideas which involve Dr. Gregor’s skills as a plastic surgeon. The combination of Wood’s trademark lousy dialogue and the stilted performances of the actors (especially Malone and Fuller) with Farrell’s hammy Vic Brady and the nutty denouement make ‘Jail Bait’ a lot of fun to watch.

If you install UnPlug for Firefox you can download the movie. And don’t forget the pop-corn…