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High School Confidential!

  • 1958
  • Approved
  • 1h 25m
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6.1/10
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Russ Tamblyn and Mamie Van Doren in High School Confidential! (1958)
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A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry,... Read allA tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.

  • Director
    • Jack Arnold
  • Writers
    • Robert Blees
    • Texas Joe Foster
    • Lewis Meltzer
  • Stars
    • Russ Tamblyn
    • Jan Sterling
    • John Drew Barrymore
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jack Arnold
    • Writers
      • Robert Blees
      • Texas Joe Foster
      • Lewis Meltzer
    • Stars
      • Russ Tamblyn
      • Jan Sterling
      • John Drew Barrymore
    • 33User reviews
    • 26Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Diane Jergens and Russ Tamblyn in High School Confidential! (1958)
    Russ Tamblyn in High School Confidential! (1958)
    John Drew Barrymore, Diane Jergens, and Russ Tamblyn in High School Confidential! (1958)
    John Drew Barrymore, Diane Jergens, and Russ Tamblyn in High School Confidential! (1958)
    John Drew Barrymore and Russ Tamblyn in High School Confidential! (1958)
    John Drew Barrymore and Diane Jergens in High School Confidential! (1958)
    John Drew Barrymore in High School Confidential! (1958)
    John Drew Barrymore and Diane Jergens in High School Confidential! (1958)

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    Russ Tamblyn
    Russ Tamblyn
    • Tony Baker…
    Jan Sterling
    Jan Sterling
    • Arlene Williams
    John Drew Barrymore
    John Drew Barrymore
    • J. I. Coleridge
    Mamie Van Doren
    Mamie Van Doren
    • Gwen Dulaine
    Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jerry Lee Lewis
    • Jerry Lee Lewis
    Ray Anthony
    Ray Anthony
    • Bix
    Jackie Coogan
    Jackie Coogan
    • Mr. A
    Charles Chaplin Jr.
    Charles Chaplin Jr.
    • Quinn
    Diane Jergens
    Diane Jergens
    • Joan Staples
    Burt Douglas
    • Jukey Judlow
    Michael Landon
    Michael Landon
    • Steve Bentley
    Jody Fair
    Jody Fair
    • Doris
    Phillipa Fallon
    • Poetess
    Robin Raymond
    Robin Raymond
    • Kitty
    Lyle Talbot
    Lyle Talbot
    • William Remington Kane
    James Todd
    • Jack Staples
    William Wellman Jr.
    William Wellman Jr.
    • Wheeler-Dealer
    Texas Joe Foster
    • Henchman
    • Director
      • Jack Arnold
    • Writers
      • Robert Blees
      • Texas Joe Foster(uncredited)
      • Lewis Meltzer
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    • Trivia
      European prints featured more explicit versions of two scenes, including co-star Jan Sterling showing a naked breast when Russ Tamblyn calls her on the telephone. Additionally, a girl suffering from heroin withdrawal also shows a naked breast as she lies uncomfortably on a bed.
    • Quotes

      Poetess: My old man was a bread stasher all his life. He never got fat. He wound up with a used car, a 17-inch screen and arthritis. Tomorrow is a drag, man, tomorrow is a king-sized bust. // They cried, "Put down pot. Don't think a lot." For what? Time how much and what to do with it. Sleep, man, and you might wake up diggin' the whole human race, givin' itself three days to get out. Tomorrow is a drag, pops, the future is a flake. // I had a canary who couldn't sing. I had a cat that let me share my pad with her. I bought a dog that killed the cat that ate the canary. What is truth? // I had an uncle with an ivy-league car. He had life with a belt in the back. He had a button-down brain. Wind up a belt in the mouth and a button-down lip. // He coughed blood on this earth. Now there's a race for space. We can cough blood on the moon soon. Tomorrow is dragsville, cats. Tomorrow is a king-sized drag. // Hula fast shorts, swing with a gassy chick, turn on to a thousand joys, smile on what happened, then check what's gonna happen, you'll miss what's happening. Turn your eyes inside and dig the vacuum. Tomorrow, drag.

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    4/10
    Entertaining silliness
    This movie is deliciously dated.

    The dialogue is outrageous - especially the scene in the classroom when one of the male students talks about Christopher Columbus going to that "deep pool" of the Alantic Ocean with his "non-stop studs" - which now, out of context, sounds more like a line from a gay porno flick instead of a 1950s b-movie (!).

    Like many teen romps of the late 50s, the sound track is way cool, with Jerry Lee Lewis doing the opening theme song.

    Lots of fun. Mamie Van Doren as always, is a treat. The cast includes a lot of people who were in a bunch of 50s flicks together - Jackie Coogan, Russ Tamblyn, Jan "Female on the Beach" Sterling, etc.

    If you like this film, you'll also like Mamie in "Girls Town".
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    5
    • cricket-14
    • Apr 9, 1999

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    • Release date
      • June 13, 1958 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Young Hellions
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Albert Zugsmith Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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