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GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

Dalbert Pringle Yes. 1954's "Jail Bait" (with its cardboard sets, its poverty-row production values, its cheap atmosphere, etc., etc.) is a perfect example of cinematic ineptitude like no other - But, hey, that's because it's an Ed Wood picture (which, pretty much, explains everything). And being an Ed Wood production, I don't think that it could (or should) be any other way.Apparently inspired by the TV show "Dragnet", within the first 10 minutes of Jail Bait's dry and clumsy story of murder, robbery and plastic surgery miracles, you'll be glad to know that this film's running time is only a mere 70 minutes. So having to endure the unbearable is over soon enough.One notable detail about Jail Bait is that it co-starred the 28-year-old "Mr. Universe", bodybuilder Steve Reeves, as Lt. Bob Lawrence, in one of his first screen-roles. 4 years later Reeves would go on to star as Hercules and instantly become one of filmdom's most famous bronzed gods.All-in-all - Regardless of this film's low, 3-star rating (which is all it deserves), I still think it's worth a view purely from a nostalgic standpoint.

mbmnow Yes this is a terrible movie but I am watching it now for the 10th time. I just can't believe it was made. Script is beyond terrible, borders on a child like effort. But it does give on a good laugh. I would think it would be perfect for a film school, for the Chapter "How not to make a movie". And the insertion of a minstrel show was Unbelievable. If that was done today the resulting outcry would be insane. Plane Nine worst movie ever, no way! Of all of the Ed Woods movies that I have seen, this in my opinion was his worst. But do I recommend, yes. Does bring laughs which I do not think he was attempting.

lonflexx Once upon a time we could take for granted the comforting homilies surrounding the wretched career of Edward D. Wood, Jr. In the 70s, his ghost wore the Golden Turkey crown unchallenged.Fast forward 30 or so years. The emergence of Home Video has literally thrown thousands of movies produced on similar budgets from that same time period in our lap. In comparison to his contemporaries, Ed's work doesn't look bad. Viewing Jail Bait from a pristine DVD transfer: the camera work, the lighting, editing, sound, script structure, blocking, use of location shooting - nothing glaringly inept about any of it. It is, in fact, above average for it's budget. Bride of the Monster would show even more improvement.Jail Bait is certainly not as inspired as Plan 9 or Glen or Glenda, but it is more technically assured than similar genre efforts directed by Hollywood veterans like William Beaudine for Monogram. It can sit on par with a decent television drama of the day and is more entertaining than the claptrap MGM released that year.As for the Cotton Watts and Chick sequence - this looks like it may have been some footage hacked from a completely different production that no one wanted. Ed probably acquired it for free and edited it in to pad the running time. It was common for budget-minded producers to chop-in all kinds of stock footage and even create subplots out of garbage swept from the cutting room floor.

kidboots I think this film deserves a 6 for entertainment alone. Dolores Fuller plays Marilyn, whose brother Don, is involved with "big time" gangster Vic Brady (Timothy Farrell). When a robbery goes wrong and Don kills a cop, they hide out at Farrell's el cheapo (oops, sorry luxurious) apartment.When Marilyn makes a crack about the tacky apartment, Loretta gets defensive. "Cheap - does this look cheap to you. There's not a cheap bone in his body". (One of the funniest lines in the film - considering the apartment.)There is always a "wise man" spouting philosophical jargon in Wood's films - in "Jailbait" it is Herbert Rawlinson as Dr. Gregor. He had been in films from the earliest times and unfortunately died soon after the film was made.Surrounded by hacks and amateurs Lyle Talbot (as a police chief) comes across as an award winning actor.Herbert Rawlinson, being Dr. Gregor, the world famous plastic surgeon - it is a piece of cake to perform "major and dangerous" plastic surgery on a living room couch using a bowl of hot water and not much else.The ending has to be seen to be believed. Obviously Wood must have seen "Sunset Boulevard" and tried to copy it.