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, a schoolteacher tries to reform him, his aunt tries to seduce him,...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Russ Tamblyn | ... | Tony Baker / Mike Wilson | |
| Jan Sterling | ... | Arlene Williams | |
| John Drew Barrymore | ... | J. I. Coleridge | |
| Mamie Van Doren | ... | Gwen Dulaine | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis | ... | Jerry Lee Lewis | |
| Ray Anthony | ... | Bix | |
| Jackie Coogan | ... | Mr. A | |
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Charles Chaplin Jr. | ... | Quinn |
| Diane Jergens | ... | Joan Staples | |
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Burt Douglas | ... | Jukey Judlow |
| Michael Landon | ... | Steve Bentley | |
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Jody Fair | ... | Doris |
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Phillipa Fallon | ... | Poetess |
| Robin Raymond | ... | Kitty | |
| Lyle Talbot | ... | William Remington Kane | |
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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, a schoolteacher tries to reform him, his aunt tries to seduce him, and the "weedheads" are eager to use his newly found enterprise, but he has his own agenda. After an altercation involving fast cars, hidden drugs, and police, he's accepted by the drug kingpin and is off into the big leagues. A typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
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13 June 1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Young Hellions See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USACompany Credits
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The "Christopher Columbus" rap near the beginning of the film is a direct lift of the style of the "hipster" comedian Richard Buckley (aka "Lord Buckley"). See more »
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For what it is, a B-movie of the first order, I loved this clunker about marijuana and high school students. Acting skills required for the roles are minimal, nor do any of the teenagers even look like they're under 25 years old. Russ Tamblyn, for all his trying .... well, he should have remained a dancer. Jan Sterling gives an OK performance as the teacher, but it's far below her standards. Mamie Van Doren of the bleach-blond hair and prodigious balcony provides some completely unintended comic relief in the role of the somewhat whorish aunt. The ghastly script only adds to the triumph of this cliché riddled classic. The fight scenes are so fake as to be seen from a mile away. All the young women look like they have some kind of cone-shaped things in their brassieres, according to the fashion of the times. A "must see" for all B-movie lovers.