O2D I had heard of Ed Wood from people in the past so I never looked for any of his movies.If people talk about him, he must suck.Boy was I ever right.I didn't search for this movie and didn't know it was a Wood movie until the opening credits.This movie takes place in a world where everyone has thirty foot high ceilings and a liquor stand/bar type thing.Everyone wears a suit, even when they are out committing crimes.They even put their tie back on before they leave jail when they get bailed out.The main character is a guy named Don Gregor and that's funny to me because I know a girl named Dawn Gregor.The only good thing in the movie happens rather early.We are treated to a great performance by a man in blackface.It has absolutely nothing to do with the story either.None of the characters where there watching him.It was blackface just for the fun of it.So Don's dad is a plastic surgeon who carries a house call bag with him.Because that makes sense.Anyway, Don and a friend decide to rob a theater late at night and of course the door is unlocked.His friend says the guard will know the combination to the safe.The only guard in the history of the world who would have the safe combination.And the guard does know it.Don kills the guard and you immediately hear police sirens.Then they get chased by the cops at a blistering twenty miles an hour and have no trouble eluding them.Even though no one saw who shot the guard, the radio news announces that Don did it.So Don goes to his dad's office in the middle of the night and dad and his secretary are there!Then the cops show up and they know everything.It was literally dark through the entire movie and everyone in the world was wide awake.Did I mention that there was lame flamenco guitar and piano in the background through the entire movie?As if that wasn't bad enough, the ending was even worse.And why does the DVD cover have a man with a bandaged face in a jail cell?That never even happened.Never see this.

Dalbert Pringle Yes. 1954's "Jail Bait" (with its cardboard sets, its poverty-row production values, its cheap atmosphere, etc., etc.) is a perfect example of cinematic ineptitude like no other - But, hey, that's because it's an Ed Wood picture (which, pretty much, explains everything). And being an Ed Wood production, I don't think that it could (or should) be any other way.Apparently inspired by the TV show "Dragnet", within the first 10 minutes of Jail Bait's dry and clumsy story of murder, robbery and plastic surgery miracles, you'll be glad to know that this film's running time is only a mere 70 minutes. So having to endure the unbearable is over soon enough.One notable detail about Jail Bait is that it co-starred the 28-year-old "Mr. Universe", bodybuilder Steve Reeves, as Lt. Bob Lawrence, in one of his first screen-roles. 4 years later Reeves would go on to star as Hercules and instantly become one of filmdom's most famous bronzed gods.All-in-all - Regardless of this film's low, 3-star rating (which is all it deserves), I still think it's worth a view purely from a nostalgic standpoint.

lonflexx Once upon a time we could take for granted the comforting homilies surrounding the wretched career of Edward D. Wood, Jr. In the 70s, his ghost wore the Golden Turkey crown unchallenged.Fast forward 30 or so years. The emergence of Home Video has literally thrown thousands of movies produced on similar budgets from that same time period in our lap. In comparison to his contemporaries, Ed's work doesn't look bad. Viewing Jail Bait from a pristine DVD transfer: the camera work, the lighting, editing, sound, script structure, blocking, use of location shooting - nothing glaringly inept about any of it. It is, in fact, above average for it's budget. Bride of the Monster would show even more improvement.Jail Bait is certainly not as inspired as Plan 9 or Glen or Glenda, but it is more technically assured than similar genre efforts directed by Hollywood veterans like William Beaudine for Monogram. It can sit on par with a decent television drama of the day and is more entertaining than the claptrap MGM released that year.As for the Cotton Watts and Chick sequence - this looks like it may have been some footage hacked from a completely different production that no one wanted. Ed probably acquired it for free and edited it in to pad the running time. It was common for budget-minded producers to chop-in all kinds of stock footage and even create subplots out of garbage swept from the cutting room floor.

NutzieFagin "Jail Bait" is another El Stinko Ed Wood movie, probably only good viewing for those cold snowy nights with nothing to do. However, if you are a Ed Wood fan who has viewed his previous clinkers, you'll LOVE it!The most annoying yet bizarre component of the movie is the soundtrack. It consists of a Spanish Mandolin guitar playing songs that sound like your dining in a Italian restaurant. Why this is done? God only knows! I guess Old Ed thought the jangling notes would add extra tension to dramatic scenes--me,.. I just thought it was weird!Don't be fooled by the title..."Jail Bait" is NOT referring to the acquisition of teenage girls...nope, the title is simply explained in one line "That GUN is jail bait!" Oh, you'll see some slight 1950's style erotica...sexy evening gowns and slight sheer lounging pajamas...snappy dialogue.Also, don't see "Jail Bait" if you get offended by minstrel shows (The NAACP hasn't gotten to this one yet) I guess this is inserted into the film for some kind of burlesque entertainment value....if it was played today, a probable riot would happen.Interesting to note---and his performance is a VERY young Steve Reeves. Still on the muscle bulky side...but what the heck! He's young, got a LOT of steroid growing to do as in his future Hercules movies!The acting is simply AWFUL as in every Ed Wood flick...but what the hey!it's a shade better than "Plan 9 from Outer Space"