Children of the Night

The streets are no place for children.

6.0/1019851h 33mReleased

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A sociology graduate student researches her doctoral thesis on female crime by interviewing street prostitutes. Shocked by her findings, she offers her own apartment to teenage prostitutes seeking refuge from the streets, many of whom are rejected by their parents and are dependent on their pimps.

Released: Oct 25, 1985

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Kathleen Quinlan

Lois Lee

Nicholas Campbell

Larry

Mario Van Peebles

Roy Spanish

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