scsu1975
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Yes, that's the most likely explanation, which means Henreid was really acting when he went for the lip-lock.
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The Blackboard Jungle, this ain't.
What a cast. Jerry Lewis sings the title tune sitting at a piano on back of pickup truck. Then it's on to the story.
Russ Tamblyn plays a tough, in his 7th year of high school (but he's really an undercover drug agent). Mamie Van Doren plays his "aunt" (but she's really Mamie Van Doren). The first few times Mamie appears, muted trumpets sound. For trivia buffs, her real husband at the time, bandleader Ray Anthony, also appears in the film as a hood.
John Drew Barrymore plays the high school big man. He sounds like a cross between Elvis and Robert Duvall. William Wellman Jr. plays a tough guy. Charles Chaplin Jr. plays an undercover cop. Their parents must have been so proud.
Jan Sterling plays the high school English teacher ? at least, I think that's what she was teaching. When Tamblyn first shows up in her class, she sends him to the Principal's Office. Later, when her car won't start, she accepts a ride home from him. Right. This is why I keep my office door open when students stop in.
Jackie Coogan plays the big man, "Mr. A." and also plays the piano in a combo. The bass player in the combo is Charles Horvath, best known for carrying around Robin Hughes' head in The Thing that Couldn't Die.
Mel Welles, last seen as a Frenchman in Attack of the Crab Monsters, has a bit part here. He is also listed under the credits for "Special Material." Presumably, he supplied the joints for everyone.
There is an obligatory hot rod race, which seems to be more of a contest over who wears the worst hat.
The dialogue is about what you would expect.
Samples: "That's tough toenails." "Make like bubble gum and blow."
The ending is a laff riot as the "good high school students" led by Michael Landon take out the bad guys in a rumble at a night club.
The director was Jack Arnold, who did some good work with sci-fi early in the 50s. The producer was Albert Zugsmith, who did mostly bad work forever.
Can College Confidential! be any better/worse?
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I think I first heard about it in the 60s ... always wondered if it would ever be shown.
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A still of young Anne Francis from So Young, So Bad
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Well, if it was braille (heh heh), maybe she was studying her lines.
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The Satan Bug is excellent.
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Here is Ms. McLeod, actually in a beautiful pose, but in the movie, her hair was cropped and the resemblance to Foster was frightening:
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Hi starstruck:
There is a similar list going on in the *Trivia* forum:
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Apparently Henreid had a say in who played the delinquents, but not his "girlfriend."
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How long did it take you to come up with that?
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The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
The Long Riders
Jesse James
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Little Big League
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I think everyone is just waiting for High School Confidential tonight.
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Film title:
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Here's the trailer:
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h3. Boo!
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*I like the concept of ?The English Speaking Union.?*
Sounds scary to me.
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They also played opposite each other in Fog Island.
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I was just too lazy to look up her name in the credits again.
What this film needed was a group of protesters trying to disrupt the construction because it would ruin the environment.
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Why did it take so long for that other woman to figure out that Madge Evans was blind?
Long enough to make for a very emotional moment in the film.
But Evans clearly was not even looking at the woman. Was the other woman that dense? Well, maybe she had tunnel vision.
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It's been on TCM a few times. I remember watching it as a kid as well. William Schallert (with a beard) plays a devious scientist.
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No, sorry. "Bridge" is not in the title either.