Underplayed Gems

The Children of Times Square (1986)

The Children of Times Square poster
Directed by
Curtis Hanson
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A lonely teenage boy runs away from his home and ends up in New York City. He gets involved with a drug dealer who uses homeless kids to sell cocaine.

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What happens

The Children of Times Square is a 1986 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by Curtis Hanson. The film is about an alienated teenager who runs away from home and travels to New York City where he falls in with a cocaine dealer using street children as drug dealers. It aired on ABC on March 3, 1986. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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