The Legend of Billie Jean

Jul 19, 1985

1h 36m

★ 6.5

When you're seventeen, people think they can do anything to you. Billie Jean is about to prove them wrong.

Overview

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

TriStar Pictures

Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions

The Guber-Peters Company

The Legend of Billie Jean Trailers

Cast

Billie Jean Davy

Helen Slater

Binx Davy

Christian Slater

Lloyd Muldaur

Keith Gordon

Putter

Yeardley Smith

Ophelia

Martha Gehman

Lt. Larry Ringwald

Peter Coyote

Muldaur

Dean Stockwell

Hubie Pyatt

Barry Tubb

Pyatt

Richard Bradford

Donna Davy

Mona Lee Fultz

Woman in Pickup

Caroline Williams

TV Reporter

Sage Parker

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