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High School Confidential! (1958)
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13 June 1958 (USA) moreTagline:
Behind these "nice" school walls... A TEACHERS' NIGHTMARE!...A TEEN-AGE JUNGLE!Plot:
A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. As he moves his way up the ladder... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Like, High School Confidential!, is really groovy, man! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Russ Tamblyn | ... | Tony Baker aka Mike Wilson | |
| Jan Sterling | ... | Arlene Williams | |
| John Drew Barrymore | ... | J. I. Coleridge | |
| Diane Jergens | ... | Joan Staples | |
| Mamie Van Doren | ... | Gwen Dulaine | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | ... | Himself | |
| Ray Anthony | ... | Bix | |
| Jackie Coogan | ... | Mr. A | |
| Charles Chaplin Jr. | ... | Quinn | |
| Michael Landon | ... | Steve Bentley | |
| Burt Douglas | ... | Jukey Judlow | |
| Jody Fair | ... | Doris | |
| Phillipa Fallon | ... | Poetess | |
| Lyle Talbot | ... | William Remington Kane | |
| Robin Raymond | ... | Kitty |
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Trouble at Sixteen (International: English title) (reissue title)Young Hellions (USA) (reissue title)
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Finland:(Banned) (1959)Fun Stuff
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Jack Staples: [to his wife] The only problem children I know are the ones that have problem parents, which leaves us out. Cheers, darling! moreFAQ
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Having first read about this '50s juvenile delinquent movie in the book "Cult Movies 2", when I saw a DVD displayed in my local library, I knew I had to check High School Confidential! out. With Russ Tamblyn as a troubled kid going to a new school, Diane Jergens as his potential girlfriend, and John Drew Barrymore as his rival/potential partner in a drug ring, the fireworks that happens is slowly but surely coming but not in the way you think! Mamie Van Doren is a hoot as Tamblyn's "aunt" who puts the moves on him and anyone who's not her husband who's conveniently out of town during most of the picture. There's also former child star, and later Uncle Fester, Jackie Coogan and a star of Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole, Jan Sterling, here. And then there's "The Killer", Jerry Lee Lewis, singing the title song on a flatbed truck to get things off to a rousing start. With a young Michael Landon and lots of dated slang that still provide some amusement today along with some car chases and some fights, High School Confidential! might be the most "trippin" movie from the '50s I've seen yet!