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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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>
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