
85 minutes
5/30/1958
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.

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

Charles Chaplin, Jr.
as Quinn

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

Carmen Phillips
as Driver

Leoda Richards
as Dress Shop Customer

Rusty Lane
as Police Desk Sergeant
Helen Jay
as Angela Dale