College Confidential (1960)

Sociology professor Steve McInter is conducting a survey at Collins College about the mores and lifestyles of the young people. Some of the good citizens begin to find exception to his ... See full summary »

Director:

Albert Zugsmith

Writers:

Irving Shulman (screenplay), Albert Zugsmith (story)

Stars:

Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Walter Winchell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Allen	...	Steve 'Mac' Macinter
Jayne Meadows	...	Betty Duquesne
Walter Winchell	...	Walter Winchell
Mickey Shaughnessy	...	Sam Grover
Herbert Marshall	...	Professor Henry Addison
Cathy Crosby	...	Fay Grover
Conway Twitty	...	Marvin
Randy Sparks	...	Phil
Pamela Mason	...	Edna Blake
Rocky Marciano	...	Deputy Sheriff
Sheilah Graham	...	Sheila Graham - Reporter
Earl Wilson	...	Earl Wilson - Reporter
Louis Sobol	...	Louis Sobol
Elisha Cook Jr.	...	Ted Blake (as Elisha Cook)
Ziva Rodann	...	Gogo Lazlo

Storyline

Sociology professor Steve McInter is conducting a survey at Collins College about the mores and lifestyles of the young people. Some of the good citizens begin to find exception to his sociological survey when they find out it includes questions about SEX. When reporter Betty Ducayne receives an anonymous tip that the good professor is engaging in corruption of youth, and Steve's past comes up to haunt him, all heck breaks loose.

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Plot Keywords:

professor | survey | reporter | college | sociology professor | 

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Taglines:

"IT'S LIKE A KINSEY REPORT ON CAMPUS!" -- WALTER WINCHELL (original print ad - all caps)

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 August 1961 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Intimidades Confidenciais

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Famous Players, Allen-Meadows, Albert Zugsmith Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the film, Walter Winchell describes Sally Blake as a "Mamie Van Doren-type." Sally is played by Mamie Van Doren.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Walter Winchell: [reading from script into microphone] Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. America, and all the ships at sea. Sociology quizzes and sex questionnaires are on the docket today at Collins College. Midnight parties and midnight moving pictures classified in police files but not in college catalogs are catapulting a little college town into the big city headlines. The famous newspaper people assigned to this case make up a who's-who of journalism. At eleven o'clock, just two minutes from now, a ...

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Connections

Edited into Dusk to Dawn Drive-In Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 10 (2007)

User Reviews

Strange and dim exploitation

This movie has a professional cast and good production values but it so unclear as to what it wants to be about that its all for nothing. It does portray college students pretty much as they really are: ready to label other people as creeps, not seeing what creeps they are themselves. However, Steve Allen really does seem creepy as the professor. That scene, where he accidentally shows the porno film cut into the home movies of wholesome student fun! It really and truly is embarassing to watch, just as if you were really there. I've never seen a scene like that it in any other movie. The only thing that comes anywhere near close is the gay bar scene in "Advise and Consent" Any showcase for Mamie Van Doren is a good thing. I would say more but I couldn't finish watching it.