by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Consumed by grief when his father is felled by a heart attack, 11-year-old Obie (Ricky Busker) runs away from his white, upper-class surroundings. He ends up in a particularly dismal Chicago ghetto neighborhood where, after enduring a beating administered by gang members, he is befriended by streetwise black youth Jeremy "Scam" Henderson (Darius McCrary). The two become partners in crime, leading to a deadly situation involving a pair of professional hit men. Just when it seems things can't get any worse, they do. Robert Prosky co-stars as a slimy pawnbroker.
characteristics
- Unlikely Friendships
- Street-gang
- Street-kid
- Street-smart
- Street-children
- Upper-class
- Runaways
- Death-in-family
- Inner-city
- Pre-teen
- Runaway [from Home]
- Death Of A Parent
