High School Confidential! (1958)
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67% of critics liked it
(9 reviews) -
52% of users liked it
(1,871 ratings)
Producer Albert Zugsmith serves up another all-star exposé with High School Confidential. Delivering a superb performance under the circumstances, Russ Tamblyn heads the cast as "typical" high schooler Tony Baker. Usually seen in the company of his voluptuous "aunt" Gwen Dulaine… More Producer Albert Zugsmith serves up another all-star exposé with High School Confidential. Delivering a superb performance under the circumstances, Russ Tamblyn heads the cast as "typical" high schooler Tony Baker. Usually seen in the company of his voluptuous "aunt" Gwen Dulaine (the truly impressive Mamie Van Doren), Tony convinces one and all that he's looking for kicks of the controlled-substance kind. In truth, however, our hero is really an undercover narcotics agent named Mike Wilson, bound and determined to smash the operation of drug lord Mr. A. (Jackie Coogan). The once-in-a-lifetime cast includes such worthies as John Drew Barrymore (Drew Barrymore's daddy), Ray Anthony (then married to Mamie Van Doren), Charles Chaplin Jr., Michael Landon, and Jerry Lee Lewis as "himself." This updated Reefer Madness is not to be missed! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jack Arnold
- Written By
- Robert Blees, Lewis Meltzer
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1958 Wide
- Studio
- MGM
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
As astringent a vision of the late-'50s as Frank Tashlin's are opulent
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A most ridiculous classic cult teen-exploitation film about juvenile delinquents in the 1950s, but not without being entertaining.
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Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Hot stuff in '58, but period sleaze is nostalgic fun now.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Hilariously broad exploitation stuff.
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Cast
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Jan Sterling
as Arlene Williams
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John Drew Barrymore
as J.I. Coleridge
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Mamie Van Doren
as Gwen Dulaine
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Diane Jergens
as Joan Staples
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Ray Anthony
as Bix
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Jackie Coogan
as Mr. A
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Charles Jr. Chaplin
as Quinn
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Burt Douglas
as Jukey Judlow
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Michael Landon
as Steve Bentley
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Jody Fair
as Doris
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Phillipa Fallon
as Poetess
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Robin Raymond
as Kitty
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James Todd
as Jack Staples
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Lyle Talbot
as William Remington Kane
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William Wellman Jr.
as Wheeler-Dealer
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Diana Darrin
as Gloria
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Carl Thayler
as Petey
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Irwin Berke
as Morino
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Gil Perkins
as Police Sergeant
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Russ Tamblyn
as Tony Baker
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Pierre Watkin
as David Wingate
- Ernst R. von Theumer
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Jerry Lee Lewis
as Himself
- William A. Wellman
