OVER THE EDGE (1979)
Any self-respecting Gen-X’er has seen
the film Over the Edge (trailer here).
The film featured a young, Matt Dillon exuding the long-haired
teenage outcast and displayed the precursor to his role in The Outsiders.
The editors at Nitflix has seen this movie on more than one
occasion and have always been curious to the character of Tip. For those that need a refresher course, Tip sells
some hash to Claude and rats him out to the cops to take some heat off themselves.
Matt Dillon holds Tip at gunpoint attempting frontier justice and
exclaims, “A kid who tells on another kid is a dead kid.” Has anyone figured out if Tip is a boy or a
girl? Their high, raspy voice and bangs are
reminiscent of Peppermint Patty, but they have the build of a boy.
The clip
is here between 7:21 and 7:46
We
urge you to do your research on this, for we have already done ours and know
the answer.
