---
title: 'Jail Bait (1954)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ed Wood'
released: '1954-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/jail-bait-1954'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047127/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Jail Bait (1954)

1954 · 72 min · Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Jail Bait is a 1954 American film noir directed by Ed Wood, with a screenplay by Wood and Alex Gordon. The film stars Clancy Malone as the delinquent son of a famous doctor, and his involvement with a dangerous criminal. Famed bodybuilder Steve Reeves made his first major screen appearance in the film, and it was one of the few films he made using his own voice. The film belongs to the film noir genre, and contains themes typical of it such as plastic surgery and identity theft.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ed Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-wood)
- **Screenplay:** [Ed Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-wood)
- **Producer:** [Ed Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-wood)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hoyt Curtin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hoyt-curtin)
- **Director of Photography:** [William C. Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-c-thompson)

## Cast

- [Tedi Thurman](https://cinepixo.com/people/tedi-thurman)
- [Bud Osborne](https://cinepixo.com/people/bud-osborne)
- [Steve Reeves](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-reeves)
- [Lyle Talbot](https://cinepixo.com/people/lyle-talbot)
- [Timothy Farrell](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-farrell)
- [Buster Keaton](https://cinepixo.com/people/buster-keaton)
- [Dolores Fuller](https://cinepixo.com/people/dolores-fuller)
- [Herbert Rawlinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-rawlinson)

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