Date Bait

From The Grindhouse Cinema Database

Date Bait (1960, USA) is a Teensploitation film directed by O'Dale Ireland.

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Main Details

  • Released in 1960
  • Black and White
  • Production Co: Marathon Pictures
  • Distribution Co: The Filmgroup (1960) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Directed by O'Dale Ireland
  • Written by O'Dale Ireland, Ethelmae Wilson Page, Robert Slaven
  • Starring: Gary Clarke, Marlo Ryan, Dick Gering, Carol Dawne, Jon Lindon
  • Produced by George Caras, Nicholas Carras, O'Dale Ireland, George S. Reppas
  • Original Music by Nicholas Carras
  • Cinematography by Lawrence Raimond
  • Film Editing by Anthony DiMarco

Plot Summary

  • A troubled young man, Brad, returns home after six months rehab. On his first night he starts a fight in dance club with a man named Logan because he was dancing with Sue, a girl whom Brad is in love with. Brad’s older brother ends the fight just to beat Logan up later himself.

Taglines

  • AT SIXTEEN...a girl learns about love...ONE WAY OR THE OTHER!
  • WHEN YOU'RE TOO EAGER TO SAY "I WILL!" YOU'RE "DATE BAIT" (original print ad - all caps)
  • Too young to know...too wild to care...too eager to say, "I will!"
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