High School Big Shot

High School Big Shot

70 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 16, 1959

Marv needs money. His unemployed dad is so poor that he makes Marv give up half his last six bucks so they can both go on three-dollar dates; he's just lost his scholarship after getting caught writing a term paper for Betty, the prettiest (and only) girl in his class; and Betty herself has told him he doesn't stand a chance with her unless he can give her what she wants most: money, money, money. But Marv has mob ties and Marv knows where to find a million dollars cash.

High School Big Shot

70 mins | Drama, Crime | Oct. 16, 1959

High School Big Shot
Marv needs money. His unemployed dad is so poor that he makes Marv give up half his last six bucks so they can both go on three-dollar dates; he's just lost his scholarship after getting caught writing a term paper for Betty, the prettiest (and only) girl in his class; and Betty herself has told him he doesn't stand a chance with her unless he can give her what she wants most: money, money, money. But Marv has mob ties and Marv knows where to find a million dollars cash.
IMDb rating 3.4
Producers The Filmgroup, Sparta Productions
Original title High School Big Shot
Directors Joel Rapp
Writers Joel Rapp

Cast

Tom Pittman

as Marvin 'Marv' Grant

Virginia Aldridge

as Betty Alexander

Howard Veit

as Vince Rumbo

Malcolm Atterbury

as Mr. Grant

Stanley Adams

as Harry March

Louis Quinn

as Samuel Tallman

Peter Leeds

as Mr. Carter

John Barrick

as Larry Walker

Jimmy Murphy

as Burt Rogers

Byron Foulger

as Mr. Mathews

Bobby Hall

as Johnson