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Writers:
Ray Ashley (screenplay)
Ray Ashley (story)
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Release Date:
14 February 1955 (Sweden) more
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Tagline:
The picture that set Hollywood on its ear! more
Plot:
Joey, a young boy, runs away to Coney Island after he is tricked into believing he has killed his older brother... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
"Bamako," "The Films of Morris Engel"
 (From IFC. 6 May 2008, 4:45 AM, PDT)

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An important snapshot of an age of innocence. more (25 total)

Cast

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Richie Andrusco ... Joey Norton
Richard Brewster ... Lennie Norton
Winifred Cushing ... Mother
Jay Williams ... Jay the Pony-Ride Man
Will Lee ... Photographer

Charlie Moss ... Harry
Tommy DeCanio ... Charley
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Coney Island Kid
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Runtime:
80 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Featured in Ruth Orkin: Frames of Life (1996) more
Soundtrack:
Kunsterleben, Op. 316 (Artist's Life) more

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An important snapshot of an age of innocence., 16 November 1999
Author: gogo-17

This movie has great value in so many ways. I'd like to comment on only one of them. One of the things that might make a young person skeptical about this film is that a seven year old could wander Coney Island without fear. The '50's was a unique time in American history. The awakening of the social conscience of the 60's was ahead, and the horrors of WWII were behind. It was, in many ways, a time when Americans lived in relative personal safety and a kind of innocence. One of the things that might make a young person skeptical about this film is the idea that a seven year old could wander Coney Island without fear. About the time this film was made I was living in Los Angeles. I became separated from my mother and lost on the bus system. In the afternoon a man asked what the problem was. He called my mom and waited for her to come for me. I remember I was on Hollywood Blvd., near Vine. I was nine.

We need to remember the innocence as well as the guilt.

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