Children of the Night (1985)
TV Movie | 93 min | Crime, Drama | 26 October 1985 (USA)
This drama chronicles the good deeds of a sociology student who, after doing research into women's crime, begins taking teen-age hookers into her home. Based on a true story.
Director: Robert Markowitz
Writers: William Wood (story), Vickie Patik (teleplay)
Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, Nicholas Campbell, Mario Van Peebles
TV Movie | 93 min | Crime, Drama | 26 October 1985 (USA)
This drama chronicles the good deeds of a sociology student who, after doing research into women's crime, begins taking teen-age hookers into her home. Based on a true story.
Director: Robert Markowitz
Writers: William Wood (story), Vickie Patik (teleplay)
Stars: Kathleen Quinlan, Nicholas Campbell, Mario Van Peebles
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Short filmTranscript
00:00I only have the one daughter.
00:06I have problems of my own.
00:10I'm already a two-time loser with Manny.
00:15Valerie.
00:19She has a way of making things worse.
00:25Well, Mrs. Merrin, don't you think Valerie has been through a lot?
00:31Yes, I do.
00:35But how long would I have Valerie anyway?
00:39What, three years maybe?
00:42And then I'd just be alone again.
00:47Three years is a long time, Mrs. Merrin.
00:50Damn, what's all his junk doing in here?
00:53He told me that he's going to come this weekend to get his stuff.
00:57Yeah, well where am I supposed to sleep if I could damn warehouse in here?
01:00Valerie, don't start.
01:02It's my freaking bedroom and you got no business letting him put his junk in there.
01:06Valerie, knock it off.
01:08Maybe you just want me sleeping out in the living room.
01:11Then I'd really be available for all the creeps you're bringing home.
01:14Carl was the only one.
01:16Bull! You'll have another guy in here Saturday night.
01:18He'll have his paws all over me.
01:20And why will he have his paws all over you?
01:25Because I'm a slut, right?
01:29I don't want her here.
01:31And I don't want to be here.
01:42Let me ask you something, Miss Lee.
01:44Now how long do you think you can keep a girl like Valerie, huh?
01:47What do you have to offer her?
01:50Oh, oh, oh, a place to sleep on your couch.
01:53And a job answering telephones for $4 an hour.
01:57See, I don't give Valerie anything.
02:00Except maybe a little self-worth.
02:04Self-worth?
02:06Now, now, now, I'm going to tell you about self-worth.
02:09See, self-worth is knowing that you're worth it.
02:12Self-worth is knowing that a man like Spanish cares for you and takes care of you.
02:19Self-worth is wearing fine clothes and being loved by a real man.
02:24See, you ain't never been loved by a real man, Miss Lee.
02:29Are you still messing with those little boys?