High School Confidential! Behind these "nice" school walls... A TEACHERS' NIGHTMARE!...A TEEN-AGE JUNGLE! Release date: 1958-05-30 Genres: Crime, Drama Actors: John Drew Barrymore, William Wellman Jr., Russ Tamblyn, Jody Fair, Mel Welles, Robin Raymond, Jerry Lee Lewis, Norman Grabowski, Jackie Coogan, Diane Jergens, Rusty Lane, Lyle Talbot, Leoda Richards, Michael Landon, Mamie Van Doren, Helen Jay, Jan Sterling, Charles Chaplin, Jr., Burt Douglas, Ray Anthony, Texas Joe Foster, Diana Darrin, Carmen Phillips, James Todd, Irwin Berke, Carl Thayler, Phillipa Fallon Runtime: 1 h. 25 min. Score: 5.7/10 Votes: 17 Countries: United States of America Companies: Albert Zugsmith Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Overview: 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.
