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Writer:
Robert Altman (writer)
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Release Date:
1 March 1957 (USA) more
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The Hoods Of Tomorrow! The Gun-Molls Of The Future! more
Plot:
A frustrated young man, separated from his younger girlfriend, gets involved in a juvenile gang. full summary | add synopsis
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Director Robert Altman Dies at 81
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Cast

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Tom Laughlin ... Scotty White
Peter Miller ... Bill Charters aka Cholly
Richard Bakalyan ... Eddy
Rosemary Howard ... Janice Wilson
Helen Hawley ... Florence White
Leonard Belove ... Charles White
Lotus Corelli ... Mrs. Wilson
James Lantz ... Mr. Wilson
Christine Altman ... Sissy White
George Kuhn ... Jay
Pat Stedman ... Meg
Norman Zands ... Chizzy
James Leria ... Steve
Jet Pinkston ... Molly
Kermit Echols ... Bartender
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72 min
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Film debut of Richard Bakalyan. more
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Narrator: The story you are about to see is about violence and immorality - teenage violence and immorality, children trapped in the half-world between adolescence and maturity - their struggle to understand, their need to be understood. Perhaps in its rapid progression into the material world, man has forgotten the spiritual values which are the moral fiber of a great nation: decency, respect, fair play... more
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The Dirty Rock Boogie more

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4 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Filmed in 1955, 2 November 2009
Author: moorich from United States

Although United Artist released The Delinquents in 1957, it was filmed in Kansas City in the summer of 1955. That helps explain the musical choice of jazz over rock. When it was shot, the ground just been broken on the juvenile delinquent sub-genre with The Wild Ones and The Blackboard Jungle. A more timely release would likely have made it more successful at the box office and more influential on other rebelling teen films. Even with the late release, the film made a tidy profit for the studio.

Altman later said Tom Laughlin copped an attitude during the filming and was very difficult to work with.

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