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5.9/10   377 votes
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Director:
Jack Arnold
Writers:
Robert Blees (screenplay)
Robert Blees (story)
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Release Date:
13 June 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime more
Tagline:
Behind these "nice" school walls... A TEACHERS' NIGHTMARE!...A TEEN-AGE JUNGLE!
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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NEEDS MORE MAMIE! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Russ Tamblyn ... Tony Baker aka Mike Wilson
Jan Sterling ... Arlene Williams

John Drew Barrymore ... J. I. Coleridge
Diane Jergens ... Joan Staples
Mamie Van Doren ... Gwen Dulaine
Jerry Lee Lewis ... Himself
Ray Anthony ... Bix
Jackie Coogan ... Mr. A
Charles Chaplin Jr. ... Quinn

Michael Landon ... Steve Bentley
Burt Douglas ... Jukey Judlow
Jody Fair ... Doris
Phillipa Fallon ... Poetess
Lyle Talbot ... William Remington Kane
Robin Raymond ... Kitty
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Trouble at Sixteen (International: English title) (reissue title)
Young Hellions (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:
85 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1959)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Jack Staples: [to his wife] The only problem children I know are the ones that have problem parents, which leaves us out. Cheers, darling! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Perfect Strangers: Night School Confidential" (1987) more

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15 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
NEEDS MORE MAMIE!, 11 October 2004
6/10
Author: shepardjessica-1 from United States

This decent late 50's teen-exploitation flick is one of the better ones, although the hot Mamie Van Doren is in it all too briefly. Jackie Coogan adds a weird twist, and Russ Tamblyn is appropriately youthful (a few years before WEST SIDE STORY). Michael Landon has a small part (around the time he started BONANZA).

A 6 out of 10. Best performance = Mamie Van Doren). This film needed more rock 'n rock songs, beside the GREAT opening number by Jerry Lee Lewis on the back of a truck. Jan Sterling is subdued as the "good" teacher and John Drew Barrymore is rather strange. Great B/W cinematography helps this slide along. Check it out!

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