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6.9/10   312 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Owen Johnson (stories)
Harry Ruskin (screenplay)
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Release Date:
7 July 1950 (USA) more
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Plot:
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Super cast and story - a classic slice of teen Americana more (13 total)

Cast

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Dean Stockwell ... John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover
Darryl Hickman ... 'Tough' McCarty
Scotty Beckett ... 'Tennessee' Shad
Leon Ames ... Samuel H. Stover Sr.
Margalo Gillmore ... Mrs. Maude Stover
Leo G. Carroll ... The Old Roman
Donn Gift ... Big Man

Peter M. Thompson ... 'Sambo' (as Peter Thompson)
Jerry Mickelsen ... 'Cheyenne' Baxter
Alan Dinehart III ... Coffee Colored Angel
David Bair ... White Mountain Canary
Danny Mummert ... Butsey White
Eddie LeRoy ... 'Polar' Beckstein
George Chandler ... Johnny
Claudia Barrett ... Miss Dolly Travers
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
You're Only Young Twice (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
110 min
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Language:
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (PCA #14319)

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A nostalgic boyhood saga, filmed in Technicolor by MGM, with a distinguished director, William A. Wellman, this picture failed to net a contemporary New York Times review. more

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15 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Super cast and story - a classic slice of teen Americana, 26 August 2001
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Author: lorenzo212 from huntington beach, ca

Great Dean Stockwell coming of age, and this is one of his best roles.

Stockwell plays a rebellious, wisecracking schoolboy at odds with the world. The film captures a slice of early 20th century Americana through precocious teens at prep school discovering sports, academia, and of course, girls. Funny and touching, with a great cast and story that even connects today. Leo G. Carroll as a nemesis teacher is excellent, and the antics of the "Tennessee Shad" are still being copied in similar themed films.

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