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Fairly-typical 1950s teenagers Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard find their lives turned upside-down when Janet becomes pregnant. Arthur is desperate to tell his parents of the predicament he and Janet are in, but when he can't manage to,... See more »
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Janet Willard
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Arthur Bartley
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Major Malcolm Bartley, Ret.
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Jessie Bartley
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Ernie
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Axel Sorenson
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Lillian Bartley
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Professor Willard
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Cherie
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Aunt Bidda
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Trumpet player
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Marriage License Clerk (uncredited)
Gerrie Bender ...
Girl (uncredited)
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Marriage License Applicant (uncredited)
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Caterer's Man (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
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Bank Teller (uncredited)
Anthony J. Corso ...
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Juney Ellis ...
Woman in Car (uncredited)
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Aunt Margaret (uncredited)
Grace Field ...
Woman at Doctor's Office (uncredited)
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Dance Chaperon (uncredited)
Michael Gainey ...
Hobie (uncredited)
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Man in License Office (uncredited)
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Girl with Orchid (uncredited)
Miranda Jones ...
Blonde Girl (uncredited)
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Chaperon at Dance (uncredited)
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Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Chief Petty Officer - Marriage License Applicant (uncredited)
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Marion (uncredited)
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Young Boy (uncredited)
Dion O'Hara ...
Young Girl (uncredited)
Hal Rand ...
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Dance Chaperon (uncredited)
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Junk Man (uncredited)
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George (uncredited)
Page Slattery ...
Blonde's Boyfriend (uncredited)

Directed by

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Philip Dunne

Written by

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Edith Sommer ... (screenplay) and
Philip Dunne ... (screenplay)
 
James Leo Herlihy ... (based on the play by) and
William Noble ... (based on the play by)

Produced by

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Charles Brackett ... producer

Music by

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Bernard Herrmann

Cinematography by

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Leo Tover ... director of photography

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William Reynolds
George Leggewie ... (uncredited)

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Leland Fuller
Lyle R. Wheeler

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Paul S. Fox
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by

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Adele Balkan

Makeup Department

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Ben Nye ... makeup artist
Helen Turpin ... hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Ad Schaumer ... assistant director
Jack Stubbs ... assistant director

Art Department

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M. Duke Abrahams ... property master

Sound Department

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Harry M. Leonard ... sound
Charles Peck ... sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Ed Wynigear ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Victor Arno ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Sol Babitz ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Israel Baker ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Victor Bay ... musician: violin (uncredited)
John Cave ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Russ Cheever ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Vince De Rosa ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
James Decker ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Wolfgang Fraenkel ... music copyist (uncredited)
James Getzoff ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ossip Giskin ... musician: cello (uncredited)
Earle Hagen ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Wally Heglin ... music copyist (uncredited)
Bernard Herrmann ... conductor (uncredited)
Maxine Johnson ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Anatol Kaminsky ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Louis Kaufman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Virginia Majewski ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Abe Most ... musician: clarinet (uncredited)
Irma Neumann ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Lou Raderman ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Ernie Rosecrans ... music copyist (uncredited)
Meyer Rubin ... musician: bass (uncredited)
Harry Schmidt ... musician: french horn (uncredited)
Paul Shure ... musician: violin (uncredited)
Paul Sprosty ... music copyist (uncredited)
Ann Stockton ... musician: harp (uncredited)
Urban Thielmann ... musician: piano (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Doris Drought ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Norman Stuart ... dialogue director

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Plot Summary

Fairly-typical 1950s teenagers Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard find their lives turned upside-down when Janet becomes pregnant. Arthur is desperate to tell his parents of the predicament he and Janet are in, but when he can't manage to, he arranges for Janet to have an abortion. The internal turmoil that this causes him finally forces him to tell his father, who races to save Janet from the back-room abortionist. Written by garykmcd

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Taglines How could it happen to Janet...so shy, so young, and so much like yourself? Where did she go wrong... and why... WHY... WHY? See more »
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Also Known As
  • Blue Jeans (United Kingdom)
  • La fille en blue jeans (France)
  • Les moins de 20 ans (France)
  • Blue-jeans (France)
  • Innamorati in blue jeans (Italy)
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  • 89 min
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Trivia According to Bobby Rupp, this was a movie that murder victim Nancy Clutter wanted to see. He mentions this in the book 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Less Than Zero (1987). See more »
Soundtracks Drive In Rock See more »
Quotes Janet Willard: [frustratedly, as she browses a medical book detailing pregnancy] It doesn't say how to STOP it!
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