by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
This odd drama features Jack Nicholson in his first feature film. He plays a young delinquent who thinks he may have killed one of the two thugs who were pursuing him. He hides out in a local drive-in where he takes three hostages and barricades himself in a storeroom.
characteristics
- Law
- On-the-run
- Panic
- Negotiation
- Munitions
- Maintenance-man
- Media-circus
- Physical-abuse
- Rifle
- TV
- Weapons
- Television
- Teen
- Spectator
- Surrender
