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Director:
O'Dale Ireland
Writers:
O'Dale Ireland (story) &
Ethelmae Wilson Page (story) ...
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Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
She turned a cool-school into a hot-bed of violence! more
Plot:
Matt Stevens is the big man at high school. He sweats the students for protection money, acquires copies of tests for a fee... more | add synopsis
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Could have been interesting, but wasn't. more (8 total)

Cast

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John Ashley ... Matt Stevens
Gary Vinson ... Bob Williams
Steve Stevens ... Crickett Davis
Lowell Brown ... Kelly Roberts
Judy Nugent ... Wanda Anderson
Daria Massey ... Lita Owens
Ken Plumb
Robin League
Beverly Franklin
Charles Leffler
Don Hinkle
Bob Head
Curtis Workman
Judi Vogelsang
Anton von Stralen
Caroline Walz
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Directed by
O'Dale Ireland 
 
Writing credits
O'Dale Ireland (story) &
Ethelmae Wilson Page (story) &
Robert Slaven (story)

Ethelmae Wilson Page (screenplay) &
Robert Slaven (screenplay)

Produced by
George Caras .... associate producer
Nicholas Carras .... associate producer
O'Dale Ireland .... producer
George S. Reppas .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Nicholas Carras 
 
Cinematography by
Harry Birch 
 
Film Editing by
Anthony DiMarco 
 
Makeup Department
Tony Sloan .... custom hair styles
 
Production Management
Lionel C. Place .... production manager (as Lionel Place)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Darcy .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Edwin Zabel Jr. .... sound editor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Coleman .... camera operator (as Benny Coleman)
Martin Kashuk .... grip
Frank Leonetti .... gaffer
 
Music Department
Monty Pearce .... music editor
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
75 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
USA
Company:
Marathon Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Daria Massey receives an "introducing" credit more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Drive-in Movie Memories (2001) more
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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Could have been interesting, but wasn't., 22 May 2001
2/10
Author: bobc-5 from Annandale, VA

Rich kid Matt Stevens understandably feels insecure, having been all but abandoned by his parents who prefer touring Europe to spending time with their son. Stevens is capable of showing a great deal of tenderness and affection to the cook, his surrogate mother, yet at the same time display nothing but total contempt while brow-beating the butler, an obviously inadequate stand-in for his idolized absent father.

At school, he's rigging elections and creating his own little empire which he runs like a seasoned CEO. He's a consummate politician who has the principal eating out of his hand and a tough punk who beats up kids after school while shaking them down for protection payments. In spite of all his skills, he is tragically destined to push things too far and alienate those around him, leading to his inevitable downfall.

The Stevens character is well thought out and excellently portrayed, and the scenes of him running his high school empire like a veteran politician seem somewhat unique for this genre. If all of this sounds like it might be interesting, that's too bad, because the movie as a whole appears to be little more than a poorly scripted low-budget attempt to quickly cash in on the popularity of gang movies in the late 50's.

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