Deadbeat at Dawn
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Deadbeat at Dawn is a a low budget film written and directed by Jim Van Bebber
and starring Paul Harper, Megan Murphy, and Marc Pitman. The film depicts a street gang leader setting out for revenge
against a rival street gang.
. The Ravens have an ongoing feud with "The Spiders", led by the sadistic goon Danny (Harper). Goose loves the criminal life, but when his girlfriend Christie (Murphy) threatens to leave him, he quits the Ravens. First, he goes on one last drug deal, to get money to fund a new life with Christie. While he is gone, two Spiders break into Goose's apartment, killing Christie in the process. When Goose finds her body, he feeds her corpse to a trash compactor and then moves in with his Vietnam Veteran
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Jim Van Bebber
Jim Van Bebber is an American film director. Van Bebber attended Wright State University where he studied cinema. Instead of using a bank loan to pay for a second year of college, he used the money to finance Deadbeat at Dawn, and founded the indie film company Asmodeus Productions with several...
and starring Paul Harper, Megan Murphy, and Marc Pitman. The film depicts a street gang leader setting out for revenge
Revenge
Revenge is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. It is also called payback, retribution, retaliation or vengeance; it may be characterized, justly or unjustly, as a form of justice.-Function in society:Some societies believe that the...
against a rival street gang.
Plot
The main character is Goose (Van Bebber). Goose is leader of "The Ravens", a street gang located in Dayton, OhioDayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
. The Ravens have an ongoing feud with "The Spiders", led by the sadistic goon Danny (Harper). Goose loves the criminal life, but when his girlfriend Christie (Murphy) threatens to leave him, he quits the Ravens. First, he goes on one last drug deal, to get money to fund a new life with Christie. While he is gone, two Spiders break into Goose's apartment, killing Christie in the process. When Goose finds her body, he feeds her corpse to a trash compactor and then moves in with his Vietnam Veteran
Vietnam veteran
Vietnam veteran is a phrase used to describe someone who served in the armed forces of participating countries during the Vietnam War.The term has been used to describe veterans who were in the armed forces of South Vietnam, the United States armed forces, and countries allied to them, whether or...
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Substance dependence
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Cast
- Jim Van BebberJim Van BebberJim Van Bebber is an American film director. Van Bebber attended Wright State University where he studied cinema. Instead of using a bank loan to pay for a second year of college, he used the money to finance Deadbeat at Dawn, and founded the indie film company Asmodeus Productions with several...
as Goose: Leader of the Ravens and Christie's boyfriend.
- Paul Harper as Danny: Leader of the Spiders. He is an abusive and misogynistic thug.
- Megan Murphy as Christie: Goose's girlfriend. She is into mysticismMysticismMysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
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She threatens to leave Goose if he doesn't quit the Ravens.
- Marc Pitman as Bonecrusher: A member of the Spiders. He is a psychotic man, full of uncontrollable rage.
- Ric Walker as Keith: The Raven second-in-command, he takes over as leader when Goose quits.