The Boys Next Door is a 1985 independent

Independent film

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 adventure

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-drama film

Drama film

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 about two aimless young men who embark on an orgy of sex, drugs, and murder.

Plot

Roy Alston (Maxwell Caulfield

Maxwell Caulfield

Maxwell Caulfield is a British film, stage, and television actor who is based in the United States, known for his roles as Michael Carrington in Grease 2 and as Miles Colby in The Colbys and its parent show Dynasty . He has more than 70 film, stage and television credits. He starred in Ronald F...

) and Bo Richards (Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Estevez , better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen....

) leave their small town the weekend after graduating high school to embark on a short road trip to Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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. With no real hope for the future, they lash out and leave a trail of bodies behind them. The violence escalates throughout the film.

They start by beating up a gas station attendant after accusing him of short-changing them. Roy throws an empty beer bottle in the air and it hits an elderly lady in the head. After a group of girl chastise them for it, they nearly take one on an unexpected joyride.

Several additional encounter lead to additional deaths, including a girl named Angie (Patti D'Arbanville

Patti D'Arbanville

Patricia "Patti" D'Arbanville is an American actress and former model.-Early life:D'Arbanville, born May 25, 1951 in New York City, New York, is the daughter of Jean , an artist, and George D'Arbanville, a bartender, and attended PS 41 on Eleventh Street...

), whom Roy kills when she chooses Bo over him. Eventually they are tracked and found by the FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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 and LAPD and are cornered at a shopping mall where Roy and Bo have a standoff.

Cast

• Charlie Sheen
  Charlie Sheen
  Carlos Irwin Estevez , better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen....
  
   as Bo Richards
• Maxwell Caulfield
  Maxwell Caulfield
  Maxwell Caulfield is a British film, stage, and television actor who is based in the United States, known for his roles as Michael Carrington in Grease 2 and as Miles Colby in The Colbys and its parent show Dynasty . He has more than 70 film, stage and television credits. He starred in Ronald F...
  
   as Roy Alston
• Patti D'Arbanville
  Patti D'Arbanville
  Patricia "Patti" D'Arbanville is an American actress and former model.-Early life:D'Arbanville, born May 25, 1951 in New York City, New York, is the daughter of Jean , an artist, and George D'Arbanville, a bartender, and attended PS 41 on Eleventh Street...
  
   as Angie
• Christopher McDonald as Detective Mark Woods
• Hank Garrett as Detective Ed Hanley
• Grant Heslov
  Grant Heslov
  Grant Heslov is an American actor, film producer, screenwriter and director.-Early life:Heslov was born in Los Angeles, into a Jewish family and was raised in the Palos Verdes area of Los Angeles. He attended Palos Verdes High School, the University of Southern California along with friend Tate...
  
   as Joe Gonzalez
• Paul C. Dancer as Chris
• Kenneth Cortland as Dwayne
• Moon Unit Zappa
  Moon Unit Zappa
  Moon Unit Zappa is an American actress, musician and author. She goes by the name Moon Zappa; "Unit" is her middle name.-Personal life:...
  
   as Nancy
• Dawn Schneider as Bonnie
• Kurt Christian as Shakir
• Don Draper as Mr. Heaton
• Blackie Dammett
  Blackie Dammett
  Blackie Dammett or "Spider" is an American actor and father of Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers.-Name:He legally changed his name to Blackie Dammett as a tribute to his favorite writer Dashiell Hammett...
  
  as Bartender
• Thom Baker as Bartender

Also Known As

• Big Shots
• No Apparent Motive (Australia/New Zealand video title)
• Blind Rage (USA) (working title (video title))
• Death Takes a Holiday (USA) (working title)

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