Dreams Don't Die

Dreams Don't Die

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | May 21, 1982

Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny tagging subway cars and then catches Teiresa selling drugs for another mislead teen, Kirk. The officer, instead of turning both of them in, gives both teens a chance to make more of their lives together. Changing their ways turns out to be more challenging than first thought.

Dreams Don't Die

100 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | May 21, 1982

Dreams Don't Die
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny tagging subway cars and then catches Teiresa selling drugs for another mislead teen, Kirk. The officer, instead of turning both of them in, gives both teens a chance to make more of their lives together. Changing their ways turns out to be more challenging than first thought.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Original title Dreams Don't Die
Directors Roger Young
Writers Gary Michael White

Cast

Ike Eisenmann

as Danny Baker

Trini Alvarado

as Teresa

Paul Winfield

as Charlie Banks

James Broderick

as Gavin

Israel Juarbe

as Kirk

Mark Gordon

as Lieutenant Steadman

George Coe

as Sherman

Judi West

as Grace Baker

Aaron Manning

as Obie

Benjamin Hendrickson

as Attorney

Alma Cuervo

as Agnes Shields

David Tabor

as Cook

Wendell Brown

as Goofball