Wild Thing

Wild Thing (1987)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Crime Drama  |   Release Date - Apr 17, 1987 (USA)  |   Run Time - 92 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides

After his hippie parents are killed in a botched drug deal, a child is taken in by a bag lady in this implausible drama. Wild Thing (Rob Knepper) grows up to be the champion of street justice, espousing a 1960s philosophy and coming to the aid of the helpless and oppressed. Jane (Kathleen Quinlan) is the concerned social worker who falls for the hero. The hit song Wild Thing by the Troggs is used often but has nothing to do with the story or the hero being portrayed.

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good-guy, Superhero, survivor, hippie, poverty, justice, oppression, counter-culture, bag-lady