High School Confidential

Starring: Russ Tamblyn; Jan Sterling; Mamie Van Doren & Jerry Lee Lewis Director: Jack Arnold

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital - English

Product Description:

This camp classic tries to keep a straight face as a "sizzling expose" of American high schools. New kid Tony (Russ Tamblyn) talks crazy slang, makes a pass at Miss Jergens (Joan Staples), scores some grass, drag races against a kid played by Michael Landon, and outclasses the other big man on the schoolyard played by John Drew Barrymore, all in his first day. As it turns out, Tony is an undercover narcotics agent, and really wants to help these poor kids, especially poor Arlene (Jan Sterling), a sweet girl who seems doomed now that she's hard her first puff of "mary jane." He starts working with, and falling for, Miss Jergens, but Tony's horny aunt (the busty Mamie Van Doren) keeps interrupting his homework by trying to seduce him. There's even beatnik poetry, and Jackie Coogan (Uncle Fester from the ADDAM'S FAMILY) as Mr. A, the top man of the dope ring. Jerry Lee Lewis swings by on a flat bed truck to bang out the title tune on his piano. This is the pinnacle of 1950s rock-and-roll, juvenile delinquent movies, and an essential addition to any camp aficionado's library.

Plot Keywords:

Drama | Drugs | Gangs | Teenage | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• Followed by the 1960 sequel, "College Confidential," directed by Albert Zugsmith. Mamie Van Doren returns from the first film, joined by Steve Allen, Jayne Meadows, Walter Winchell, Herbert Marshall, Cathy Crosby, Conway Twitty, Ziva Rodann, Mickey Shaughnessy, and Rocky Marciano.
• Filmed in CinemaScope, which has a projected aspect ratio of 2.35:1. Some video releases are letterboxed.

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