The made-for-TV "Jailbirds" is a distaff comedy variation on "The Defiant Ones". Phylicia Rashad plays an important LA business executive, while Dyan Cannon portrays a trailer-trash babe from Louisiana. Both Rashad and Cannon are thrown into a dank Southern jail for crimes they didn't commit. While manacled together, the ladies escape, driving each other cuckoo as they elude their captors. Apparently, CBS had so little faith in "Jailbirds" that the network hardly bothered to advertise the film when it premiered May 16, 1991. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Jailbirds (1991) TV Movie
Cast: Phylicia Rashad, Dyan Cannon, Ahmad Rashad, T.E. Russell, Clyde Kusatsu
Wish this movie was available on dvd. Its funny as hell & Dyan Cannon was a real doll in this.
ReplyDeleteWish this movie was on dvd Its a shame the only way to see it is by watching it on youtube. Dyan Cannon was SO ADORABLE in this.
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