"The first hit didn't cost him anything."
A young man in Los Angeles dreams of striking it big as a singer in the music business. One day he gets signed to a big record contract, but along with the fame and money he develops an addiction to the drug PCP.
Philip Michael Thomas
Jesse
Vernee Watson
Carolyn (as Verne Watson)
Rosalind Cash
Doctor
Frankie Crocker
Drug dealer
John Poole
Record executive
Casey Biggs
Melvin
Chip Branton
Ricky
Robert Burgos
Record executive
Tony Major
Friend of Jesse
A young man in Los Angeles dreams of striking it big as a singer in the music business. One day he gets signed to a big record contract, but along with the fame and money he develops an addiction to the drug PCP.
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A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
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A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that George's father cannot make a living and the family goes bankrupt. George does not want the same thing to happen to him, and his friend Tuna, in the 1960's, suggests that he deal marijuana. He is a big hit in California in the 1960's, yet he goes to jail, where he finds out about the wonders of cocaine. As a result, when released, he gets rich by bringing cocaine to America. However, he soon pays the price.
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