The Legend of Billie Jean
When you're seventeen, people think they can do anything to you. Billie Jean is about to prove them wrong.
1985 | 96m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Matthew Robbins |
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| Writer: | Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner |
| Staring: |
| Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. She is usually followed and harrased around by local boys, who, one day, decide to trash her brother's scooter for fun. The boys' father refuses to pay them back the price of the scooter. The fight for "fair is fair" takes the teens around the state and produces an unlikely hero. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 19, 1985 |
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| Director: | Matthew Robbins |
| Writer: | Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner |
| Genres: | Comedy, Action, Drama |
| Keywords | runaway, sexual abuse, texas, chase, fugitive, girl heroine, female protagonist, false accusations, attempted rape, social justice, brother sister relationship, accidental shooting |
| Production Companies | The Guber-Peters Company, TriStar Pictures, Tri-Star-Delphi III Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,099,497
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Helen Slater | Billie Jean Davy |
| Christian Slater | Binx Davy |
| Keith Gordon | Lloyd Muldaur |
| Yeardley Smith | Putter |
| Martha Gehman | Ophelia |
| Peter Coyote | Lt. Larry Ringwald |
| Dean Stockwell | Muldaur |
| Barry Tubb | Hubie Pyatt |
| Richard Bradford | Pyatt |
| Mona Lee Fultz | Donna Davy |
| Caroline Williams | Woman in Pickup |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Cynthia Scheider | Editor |
| Ted Haworth | Production Design |
| Mark Rosenthal | Writer |
| Paula Herold | Casting |
| Tony Wade | Production Manager |
| Thomas J. Mack | First Assistant Director |
| Mark Radcliffe | Second Assistant Director |
| Donna Linson | Costume Design |
| Jolene Cherry | Music Supervisor |
| James R. Connell | Camera Operator |
| Kristin R. Glover | First Assistant Camera |
| Dennis J. Laine | Second Assistant Camera |
| Kevin Kelley | Best Boy Electric |
| Thomas Prophet Jr. | Key Grip |
| J. Michael Popovich | Dolly Grip |
| Larry Sweet | Grip |
| Stanley L. Gonsales | Electrician |
| William J. Durrell Jr. | Set Designer |
| R. Chris Westlund | Set Decoration |
| Cheryl Carasik | Leadman |
| William Maldonado | Construction Coordinator |
| Charles M. Wilborn | Sound Mixer |
| William Gocke | Boom Operator |
| Jay Boekelheide | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Ken Johnson | Music Editor |
| Louise Jaffe | Script Supervisor |
| Alan Friedman | Makeup Supervisor, Makeup Designer |
| Lynn Del Kail | Hairstylist |
| Kim Samson | Hairstylist |
| Rosalie Wallace | Costumer |
| Alfred N. Martin Jr. | Costumer |
| Sheila A. Warner | Production Coordinator |
| Steven Westlund | Property Master |
| Ken Pepiot | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Michael Arbogast | Special Effects |
| Bobby Bass | Stunt Coordinator |
| John Panzarella | Location Manager |
| George Parra | Location Assistant |
| J. Tom Archuleta | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Pat Orseth | Location Casting |
| Gary Hellerstein | Transportation Coordinator |
| Robin Forman | Post Production Supervisor |
| David Dresher | Assistant Editor |
| Rick Derby | Assistant Editor |
| John Nutt | Supervising Dialogue Editor |
| Marilyn McCoppen | Dialogue Editor |
| Vivien Hillgrove Gilliam | ADR Editor |
| Karen Spangenberg | ADR Editor |
| Ken Fischer | Sound Effects Editor |
| Mark Berger | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Gary Summers | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Diana Pellegrini | Foley Editor |
| Dennie Thorpe | Foley Artist |
| Larry Barbier | Still Photographer |
| Richard Walden | Camera Operator |
| Lee Phillips | Gaffer |
| Matthew Robbins | Director |
| Lawrence Konner | Writer |
| Craig Safan | Original Music Composer |
| Jeffrey L. Kimball | Director of Photography |
| Rob Cohen | Second Unit Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Mark Rosenthal | Co-Producer |
| Rob Cohen | Producer |
| Peter Guber | Executive Producer |
| Jon Peters | Executive Producer |
| Lawrence Konner | Co-Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 9 |
| 2024 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 7 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 13 | 18 | 7 |
| 2024 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 6 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 19 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Trending Position
Just kill Binx and problem solved A blonde teen from Gulf Coast Texas named Billie Jean and her little brother, Binx (Helen Slater and Christian Slater), become outlaw fugitives after a mishap. Two other girls go on the lam with them wherein Billie Jean cuts her hair and, unexpectedly, becomes a ... cultural sensation. Keith Gordon, Peter Coyote and Dean Stockwell have peripheral roles. Being released in 1985, the movie screams mid-80’s on every front. The soundtrack, for instance, includes cuts like “Invincible” by Pat Benatar and “Rebel Yell” by Billy Idol. The first act is interesting enough but the movie somehow peters out. Helen is winsome as the protagonist, but not curvy enough to hold my interest whereas Christian, who was 15 years-old during shooting, plays his role well, but his character, Binx, is just an annoying loser who seems to always do the wrong thing. If someone just mercifully shot him at the beginning there would be no problem and no film. While this one should be filed under subpar 80’s teen flicks, it has a few points of interest to make it worthwhile to certain viewers. The movie runs 1 hour, 36 minutes and was shot in Corpus Christi, Texas, and nearby areas (e.g. Padre Island National Seashore); the closing Vermont sequence was shot in Colorado and obviously so. GRADE: C