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High School Confidential! is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jack Arnold released in USA on 13 june 1958 with Mamie Van Doren
High School Confidential! (1958)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 13 june 1958
Length 1h25
Directed by Jack Arnold
OriginUSA
Themes Films about education
Rating60%
High School Confidential is a 1958 crime drama film directed by Jack Arnold, starring Mamie Van Doren, Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, John Drew, Jackie Coogan, and Michael Landon.
The film also features a cameo by Jerry Lee Lewis who opens the movie singing a song of the same name, which Lewis co-wrote with Ron Hargrave. Lewis released the title track as a Sun Records 45 single which became a Top 40 hit, reaching #21 on the Billboard charts. The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book The Official Razzie Movie Guide as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.
Synopsis
Tony Baker, un adolescent rebelle au casier judiciaire chargé, arrive dans un lycée et y devient le chef d'une bande organisé. Racket, violence et menace à l'arme blanche sont au programme du jeune délinquant. Coleridge, un de ses camarades, revend de la marijuana à l'intérieur de l'établissement. Tony ne tarde pas à entrer en relation avec son fournisseur et se lance dans le trafic de drogue...Actors
Mamie Van Doren
(Gwen Dulaine)
Russ Tamblyn
(Tony Baker / Mike Wilson)
Jan Sterling
(Arlene Williams)
John Drew Barrymore
(J. I. Coleridge)
Jackie Coogan
(Mr. A)
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