High School Confidential! (1958)
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.
- Released
- 1958-05-30
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Robert Blees, Jack Arnold, Lewis Meltzer
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 from 23 votes
Cast
- Russ Tamblyn as Tony Baker / Mike Wilson
- Jan Sterling as Arlene Williams
- John Drew Barrymore as J. I. Coleridge
- Mamie Van Doren as Gwen Dulaine
- Diane Jergens as Joan Staples
- Jerry Lee Lewis as Jerry Lee Lewis
- Ray Anthony as Bix
- Jackie Coogan as Mr. A
- Charles Chaplin, Jr. as Quinn
- Burt Douglas as Jukey Judlow
- Jody Fair as Doris
- Phillipa Fallon as Poetess