High School Confidential!

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High School Confidential!

"Behind these "nice" school walls... A TEACHERS' NIGHTMARE!...A TEEN-AGE JUNGLE!"

1958

1h 25m

5.7(17 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. This is a typical morality play of the era, filled with a naive view of drugs, nihilistic beat poetry, and some incredible '50s slang.

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Cast & Crew

27 members

Acting

Russ Tamblyn

Tony Baker / Mike Wilson

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Jan Sterling

Arlene Williams

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John Drew Barrymore

J. I. Coleridge

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Mamie Van Doren

Gwen Dulaine

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Jerry Lee Lewis

Self

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Ray Anthony

Bix

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Jackie Coogan

Mr. A

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Charles Chaplin, Jr.

Quinn

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Diane Jergens

Joan Staples

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Burt Douglas

Jukey Judlow

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Michael Landon

Steve Bentley

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Jody Fair

Doris

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Phillipa Fallon

Poetess

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Robin Raymond

Kitty

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Lyle Talbot

William Remington Kane

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James Todd

Jack Staples

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William Wellman Jr.

Wheeler-Dealer

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Texas Joe Foster

Henchman

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Diana Darrin

Gloria

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Carl Thayler

Petey

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Irwin Berke

Morino

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Mel Welles

Charlie O'Flair

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Norman Grabowski

Flat Top

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Carmen Phillips

Driver

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Leoda Richards

Dress Shop Customer

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Rusty Lane

Police Desk Sergeant

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Helen Jay

Angela Dale

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