Main Cast: Lee Drysdale, Bridget Fonda, D.B. Sweeney, Cary Elwes
Release Year: 1990
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Mickey (D.B. Sweeney) is a reformed thief who works construction. He's saved up his money to move out of his small town and get away his criminal past. Before he leaves town, he proposes to Claudi (Bridget Fonda), a friend he's secretly loved for ages. Claudi has a reputation in town and she's also eager to escape. Their plans are spoiled by Dobbs (Cary Elwes), a mutual friend and gang leader who Mickey used to run with. After a botched robbery that ends in murder, Dobbs and his crew are pursued by a Vietnamese gang led by Tron (Craig Ng). But Dobbs still tries to disrupt his friends' wedding plans by telling Mickey that Claudi is a whore. Then, at Mickey's going away/bachelor party, Dobbs hires a couple of strippers (one played by former porn star Ginger Lynn) to entice Dobbs. Things get more complicated when Tron and company crash the party and shoot up the place, shooting Dobbs and killing several members of his gang. Mickey, Dobbs, Claudi, and Big Steve (Chris Penn) hit the road, heading to L.A. to evade the other gang. Along the way, secrets are revealed that change all of their lives, and they find that escaping the past is not so easy. The film was written and directed by Lee Drysdale, who would later write the script for Sweet Nothing. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
Alicia Allain - Jingles; Ginger Lynn Allen - Bree; Marshall Bell - Stranger; Michael Champion - Costello; Darryl Chan - Su; Phil Chong - Vietnamese Bookie; Lisanne Falk - Shanna; Neil Giuntoli - Sammy; Al Goto - Hood #2; James LeGros - Carl; Craig Ng - Tron; Chris Penn - Big Steve; Jon Pochran - Anthony; Jon Polito - Fat Jack; Mary Ella Ross - Student Girl #2; Bill M. Ryusaki - Prath; Dudi Trevor - Mrs. Little; Viper - Connie; Tony Cecere - Pimp; Lee Drysdale - Waiter; Jeff Imada - Hood #1; Heather Haase - Student Girl #1 (Julie); April Tran - Vietnamese Grocer; Joshua Hill Lewis - Barfly
Credit
Cary Elwes - Associate Producer, Tony Markes - Casting, Larry Meyers - Co-producer, Shawna Leavell - Costume Designer, Lee Drysdale - Director, Ned Humphreys - Editor, James Ryder - Makeup, Philip Thomas - Production Designer, James Chressanthis - Cinematographer, Cassian Elwes - Producer, Helen Dersjant - Set Designer, Tony Cecere - Stunts, Lee Drysdale - Screenwriter
Leather Jackets is a 1992 film directed and written by Lee Drysdale. The movie was shot on Highland Park, Los Angeles, California in 1990. However it was not released until 1992.
