High School Confidential!

High School Confidential!

85 mins | Drama, Crime | May 30, 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.

High School Confidential!

85 mins | Drama, Crime | May 30, 1958

High School Confidential!
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Albert Zugsmith Productions
Original title High School Confidential!
Directors Joseph E. Kenney, Jack Arnold
Writers Texas Joe Foster, Robert Blees, Lewis Meltzer

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

Jerry Lee Lewis

as Self

Ray Anthony

as Bix

Jackie Coogan

as Mr. A

Diane Jergens

as Joan Staples

Burt Douglas

as Jukey Judlow

Michael Landon

as Steve Bentley

Jody Fair

as Doris

Phillipa Fallon

as Poetess

Robin Raymond

as Kitty

Lyle Talbot

as William Remington Kane

James Todd

as Jack Staples

William Wellman Jr.

as Wheeler-Dealer

Texas Joe Foster

as Henchman

Diana Darrin

as Gloria

Carl Thayler

as Petey

Irwin Berke

as Morino

Mel Welles

as Charlie O'Flair

Norman Grabowski

as Flat Top (uncredited)

Carmen Phillips

as Driver (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

as Dress Shop Customer (uncredited)