Juvenile Delinquent
see all genres ›The problems of the idle youth attracted filmmakers' attentions very early on for luridly exploitative and morally correcting purposes. But the post-WWII birth of the "teenager" as a social concept-slash-"problem" birthed a whole new subgenre of "youth run amuck" movies which appealed to young audiences eager to see themselves on-screen (even in caricatured form).
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Girl on Approval
Sheila's fourteen. Her father abandoned her as a baby, her mum's in jail and she's stuck in a children's home. Every family that's tried to look after her has found her too difficult. Now Anne and John Howland want to foster Sheila. But if they can't make a home for her, her...Watch Movie
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Spare the Rod
At the rough Worrell Street School in London's East End, the pupils are kept in line by the harsh discipline of the staff and the occasional savage beating. An idealistic young schoolteacher (Max Bygraves) takes up his first post since leaving the Navy and resists the authoritarian rule of his...Watch Movie
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The Wind of Change
Set against the Notting Hill race riots of the late 1950s, THE WIND OF CHANGE is a gripping kitchen-sink drama focusing on the relationship between a father (Donald Pleasence), a world-weary yet liberal man who spends all his spare time looking after his rabbits, and his...Watch Movie
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Rag Doll
Pop star turned actor Jess Conrad plays singing crook Jo Shane who attracts the eye of naïve runaway Carol (Christina Gregg) in this film slice of delinquent crime nostalgia. When Carol falls in love with Jo, he uses his charm to turn her against her new-found keeper Wilson (Kenneth Griffith)....Watch Movie
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The Tin Hoss
A neighborhood kids' club stretching across races and classes (but no girls allowed) hears "President" Denny's summoning bell and tumbles into the top-secret clubhouse for their latest round of (mis-)adventures. This time they get into hot water including Plaster of Paris ingestion, invading...Watch Movie
