High School Confidential! (1958)

Director: Jack Arnold

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.

Cast

Russ Tamblyn

Tony Baker / Mike Wilson

Jan Sterling

Arlene Williams

John Drew Barrymore

J. I. Coleridge

Mamie Van Doren

Gwen Dulaine

Jerry Lee Lewis

Self

Ray Anthony

Bix

Jackie Coogan

Mr. A

Charles Chaplin, Jr.

Quinn

Diane Jergens

Joan Staples

Burt Douglas

Jukey Judlow