High School Confidential!

May 30, 1958

1h 25m

★ 5.3

Behind these "nice" school walls... A TEACHERS' NIGHTMARE!...A TEEN-AGE JUNGLE!

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Albert Zugsmith Productions

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

High School Confidential! Trailers

Cast

Tony Baker / Mike Wilson

Russ Tamblyn

Arlene Williams

Jan Sterling

J. I. Coleridge

John Drew Barrymore

Gwen Dulaine

Mamie Van Doren

Self

Jerry Lee Lewis

Bix

Ray Anthony

Mr. A

Jackie Coogan

Quinn

Charles Chaplin, Jr.

Joan Staples

Diane Jergens

Jukey Judlow

Burt Douglas

Steve Bentley

Michael Landon

Doris

Jody Fair

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