3:15 – The Moment of Truth (1986)

Jeff Hannah (Adam Baldwin) is a former member of a vicious youth gang called The Cobras.

Hannah walked away from the gang after a particularly vicious fight with some rednecks at a hamburger stand when consistently bad-tempered gang leader, Cinco (Danny De La Paz), insisted that Jeff kill a “good old boy.”

One year later, Jeff’s school (Lincoln High) has been turned into a pharmacy by his former comrades. Cinco is still smarting from Jeff’s betrayal and swears vengeance on him.

Caught in a large-scale drug bust organised by Principal Horner (Rene Auberjonois) and Lt. Moran (Ed Lauter), Cinco trumps up a bogus accusation that Jeff is a police informant. The Cobras also beat up Jeff’s old girlfriend, Lora (Wendy Barry) and his new girlfriend, Sherry (Valley Girl star Deborah Foreman), for good measure.

Now Jeff has no choice but to start throwing people out of windows. The flick culminates in him taking on the Cobras after the school day ends . . . at 3:15.

Hilarious cameos by future Showgirls hottie Gina Gershon as a skeezebag and Mario Van Peebles as another gang leader add to the fun.

John Doe from LA punk band X also makes an appearance as a drunk getting booted from a lowlife nightclub packed with countless shadowy punk figures. As the bouncer is roughing him up, he mutters, “I know you’re a tough guy, but you’ve got a soft heart.” Pure poetry.

The movie was produced in 1984, but was shelved after 20th Century Fox, New Line Cinema and Universal Studios all passed on the film. Independent distributor Dakota Entertainment finally released the film in January 1986.

Jeff Hannah
Adam Baldwin
Smiley
Jesse Aragon
Principal Horner
Rene Auberjonois
Whitey
Bradford Bancroft
Lora
Wendy Barry
Norman
Joseph Brutsman
Jim
John Scott Clough
Draper
Wayne Crawford
Cinco
Danny De La Paz
Patch
Lori Eastside
Ponch
Jeb Ellis-Brown
Sherry Havilland
Deborah Foreman
Chooch
Panchito Gómez
Mrs Havilland
Nancy Locke
Mr Havilland
Wings Hauser
Lt. Moran
Ed Lauter
Chris Barts
Scott McGinnis
Whisperer
Mario Van Peebles
Mrs Barts
Mary Betten
Drunk at club
John Doe
The Cobrettes
Christina Beck
Erin Linn Berlin
Bobbie Brat
Gina Gershon
The M-16’s
Derek Baker
Rusty Cundieff
Robert Dash
David Dunson
Kevin Simon
Ronnie Smith
Barry Wilson
The Tams
Donald Hahn
Tony Lee
Master Ho Sik Pak
Phil Villanuevo
Michael Yamasaki
Calvin Yeshida
Paul Yi
David Yu

Director
Larry Gross