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The Delinquents (1957)A frustrated young man, separated from his younger girlfriend, gets involved in a juvenile gang. Director:Robert AltmanWriter:Robert Altman |
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Scotty
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Peter Miller | ... |
Cholly
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Richard Bakalyan | ... |
Eddy
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Rosemary Howard | ... |
Janice
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Helen Hawley | ... |
Mrs. White
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Leonard Belove | ... |
Mr. White
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Lotus Corelli | ... |
Mrs. Wilson
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James Lantz | ... |
Mr. Wilson
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Christine Altman | ... |
Sissy
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George Kuhn | ... |
Jay
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Pat Stedman | ... |
Meg
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Norman Zands | ... |
Chizzy
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James Leria | ... |
Steve
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Jet Pinkston | ... |
Molly
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Kermit Echols | ... |
Bartender
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Scotty White (age 19) must stop 'going steady' with Janice Wilson (age 16) when Janice's parents intervene. Frustrated, idle and without Janice's restraining influence, Scotty encounters Cholly and his band of disorganized, fun-loving delinquents. Soon he has Janice (who seems considerably the more mature of the two) mixed up in their doings, which begin to seem less and less like harmless fun... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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This is the hard-hitting motion picture that takes off the kid gloves and puts on the brass knuckles in a smashing expose of today's children of violence - who just "gotta have action"! See more »Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 March 1957 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Os Delinqüentes See more »Filming Locations:
Kansas City, Missouri, USABox Office
Budget:
$65,000 (estimated)Gross:
$1,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Narrator: This is one story. Who's to blame? The answers are not easy, nor are they pleasant. We are all responsible, and it's our responsibility not to look the other way. Violence and immorality like this must be controlled, channeled. Citizens everywhere must work against delinquency, just as they work against cancer, cerebral palsy, or any other crippling disease. For delinquency is a disease. But the remedies are available: patience, compassion, understanding, and respect for parental ...
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Written by James P. Johnson and Andy Razaf
Performed by the Bill Nolan Quintet Minus Two
Sung by Julia Lee in the opening sequence
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In August 1957, this film was being being shown on a double bill with Night Passage starring James Stewart and Audie Murphy. See more »Quotes
[last lines]Narrator: This is one story. Who's to blame? The answers are not easy, nor are they pleasant. We are all responsible, and it's our responsibility not to look the other way. Violence and immorality like this must be controlled, channeled. Citizens everywhere must work against delinquency, just as they work against cancer, cerebral palsy, or any other crippling disease. For delinquency is a disease. But the remedies are available: patience, compassion, understanding, and respect for parental ...
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Soundtracks
"A Porter's Love Song to a Chambermaid"Written by James P. Johnson and Andy Razaf
Performed by the Bill Nolan Quintet Minus Two
Sung by Julia Lee in the opening sequence
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The opening voice-over warns "The Delinquents" will be a story of "teenage violence and immorality" in Kansas City, Missouri. Then, we meet hunky dark-eyed Tom Laughlin (as Scotty White). He and sweet-as-honey girlfriend Rosemary Howard (as Janice Wilson) - playing mid-teens - are ordered to stop seeing each other because they are too young. Upset, Mr. Laughlin goes out to a drive-in alone, and falls in with perpetually rebellious Peter Miller (as Cholly) and his sneaky sidekick Richard Bakalyan (as Eddy). They turn out to be part of what you could call the WRONG crowd. But, they act well. A closing narration pounds home the moralistic point.
Not a great film, but one obviously full of potential, which was in at least two cases, fully realized.
****** The Delinquents (3/1/57) Robert Altman ~ Tom Laughlin, Peter Miller, Richard Bakalyan, Rosemary Howard